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Write Quotes by Isabel Allende
- I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.
- I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. But most of all, I write because I…
- If I didn't write my soul would dry up and die.
- 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…
- My grandfather was dying, and told the family he had decided to die. ... At that moment I wanted so badly to write and tell…
- There's basically an element of fiction in everything you remember. Imagination and memory are almost the same brain processes. When I write fiction, I know…
- Write to register history, and name each thing. Write what should not be forgotten.
- From journalism I learned to write under pressure, to work with deadlines, to have limited space and time, to conduct and interview, to find information,…
- Write what should not be forgotten.
- January 8 has been a lucky day for me. I have started all my books on that day, and all of them have been well…
- If I write something, I fear it will happen, and if I love too much, I fear I will lose that person; nevertheless, I cannot…
- write with honesty and don't worry about the feelings of others, because no matter what you say, they'll hate you anyway.
- A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look at myself, my life, and…
- I never try to convey a message, I just want to tell a story. Why that story in particular? I have no idea, but I…
- I get up every morning early, when the sky is red, and write for 10 hours.
- One of the things that always comes up in my writing is the search for freedom, especially in women. I always write about women who…
- Every life of a character is within a context. If I write detached from a social and political background, my story looks like a soap…
- I try to write the kind of books I like to read.
- I speak English and Spanish. I write in Spanish; my books are published in English.
- Everything I write has to be connected to my life. One of the things that always comes up in my writing is the search for…
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