All Isabel Allende Quotes
- I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place a story in… Fell
- I was a lousy journalist. I could never be objective. Sometimes I invented the whole story. Inspirational
- I'm interested in people who have to overcome obstacles, people who are not sheltered by the umbrella of the establishment, marginals. Establishment
- I'm living in California but I have a place that is mine in Chile and I belong there. I am no longer an exile. Belong
- I've been a story-teller all my life but I realized it only recently. All
- If I didn't write my soul would dry up and die. Die
- I am an American citizen and it is my home now. I like the U.S.A., which is not a place too many people have liked… American
- I have travelled all over the world and one thing that amazes me is that I can communicate with people. My story may be different… All
- I try to let go of the intellect and just tell the story. I only read the page I have in front of me on… Front
- I don't think I would be a writer if I had stayed in Chile. I would be trapped in the chores, in the family, in… Chile
- I have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the 'message,' even if… Aware
- I was not supposed to be in any way a liberated person. I was a female born in the '40s in a patriarchal family; I… Any
- In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today. All
- I don't think of literature as an end in itself. It's just a way of communicating something. Communicate
- Give, give, give-what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away? Collaboration
- Peace requires everyone to be in the circle - wholeness, inclusion. Circle
- We need a global approach to this from all sides. We need to educate people, we need the scientists to create new technologies, we need… All
- If you change the way you tell your own story, you can change the colour and create a life in technicolour. Change
- I don't read thrillers, romance or mystery, and I don't read self-help books because I don't believe in shortcuts and loopholes. Believe
- What is truer than truth? Answer: the story. Answer
- Those who seek the truth run the risk of finding it. Finding
- My grandfather was dying, and told the family he had decided to die. ... At that moment I wanted so badly to write and tell… Badly
- Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too. Inspirational
- Give, give, give - what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away? Of having stories if I… Any
- Sisters: talk to each other, be connected and informed, form women's circles, share your stories, work together, and take risks. Together we are invincible. Circles