I read on my iPad when I travel. I listen to audiobooks in the car. I read books in my bedroom, where I have a comfortable couch, a lamp and two dogs to keep me warm. Isabel Allende audiobookbedroombook Change image and share on social
I was a very bad journalist. Awful. I would just invent everything. If I did an interview, I had a preconception of what that person should say and I would put my words in his mouth. Isabel Allende awfulbadinterview Change image and share on social
I'm a writer. In Latin America, they say I'm a Latin-American writer because I also write in Spanish and my books are translated, but I am an American citizen and my books are published here, so I'm also an American writer. Isabel Allende americaamericanbook share on social
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 freedom, especially in women. Isabel Allende connectfreedomlife Change image and share on social
If I didn't write my soul would dry up and die. Isabel Allende diesoulspin-dry Change image and share on social
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 the person that people expected me to be. Isabel Allende chilechoreexpect Change image and share on social
We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for the privileged. Isabel Allende enrichlifepreserve Change image and share on social
I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet. Isabel Allende bringeducateforsake Change image and share on social
I remember my childhood as a horrible time. My mother says that nothing so horrible ever happened to me as the things that I remember. Isabel Allende childhoodhappenhorrible Change image and share on social
