In 2011, I announced that I was going to retire, and my agent panicked. So she says: 'No, no, no. You have… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Feminism is not dead, by no means. It has evolved. If you don't like the term, change it, for Goddess' sake. Call… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
In the United States, the fact that you can start again gives a lot of energy and strength and youth to this… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
You couldn't find two people more different than my mother and I. There are a thousand things about me that she fought… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I'm very optimistic because I think that the real strength of a nation like the United States comes from blending cultures. There's… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Fear is like a black cavern that is terrifying. Once you enter the cavern and explore it, you realize that you can… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
If you write nonfiction, a historical account of what really happened, first of all, it's always white men who do that, and… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I was such a sullen, angry, sad kid. I'm sure there are writers who have had happy childhoods, but what are you… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
One of the characteristics of North American culture is that you can always start again. You can always move forward, cross a… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I love fiction because in fiction you go into the thoughts of people, the little people, the people who were defeated, the… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Men's memoirs are about answers; women's memoirs are about questions. Most male authors want to look good in their memoirs and have… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
All summer, I read fiction because you must read for the pleasure and beauty of it, and not only for research. I… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, and my grandchildren, my mother, my dog,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Having a point to start is important. You know that when you decide to write something it's like a commitment. It's like falling in… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Music is a wind that blows away the years, memories, and fear, that crouching animal I carry inside me. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Everybody has losses - it's unavoidable in life. Sharing our pain is very healing. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“The writer and the dreamer have so much in common: They can't control the plot, they are always part of the story or the… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
People think that they will sit down and produce the great American novel in one sitting. It doesn't work that way. This is a… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“He had a principle: if you lend money and never see the person again, that's money well spent.” — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“Catholics form a majority in Chile, although there are more and more Evangelicals and Pentacostals who irritate everyone because they have a direct understanding… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“At times I feel as if I had lived all this before and that I have already written these very words, but I know… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
In 2011, I announced that I was going to retire, and my agent panicked. So she says: 'No, no, no. You have to write… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I have lived with passion and in a hurry, trying to accomplish too many things. I never had time to think about my beliefs… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I'm surrounded by the scene of aging. I myself am in my 70s and not getting any younger. Although I'm very healthy, and I… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
