"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 are marginalized, ...

Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process.
~ Isabel Allende ~












Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process.
More Isabel Allende quotes
"In the books I have written, I have created in my mind a universe. My kids say I have a village in my head and I live in that village, and it's true. ...
"Write what should not be forgotten.
"At times I felt that the universe fabricated from the power of imagination had stronger and more lasting contours than the blurred realm of the flesh-...
"الكتابة مثل الشعوذة : لايكفي إخراج أرنب من القبعة ، بل يجب عمل ذلك بأناقة وطريقة ممتعة
"I'd realized that in writing happiness is useless-without suffering there is no story.
"Literary characters, like my grandmother's apparitions, are fragile beings, easily frightened; they must be treated with care so they will feel comfor...
"My worst flaw is that I tell secrets, my own and everybody else's.
"Mediante la fotografía y la palabra escrita intento desesperadamente vencer la condición fugaz de mi existencia, atrapar los momentos antes de que se ...