I'm very optimistic because I think that the real strength of a nation like the United States comes from blending cultures. There's no way that you can close the frontiers anywhere. The borders are there to be violated permanently. Isabel Allende blendborderclose share on social
Everything that has to do with food is sensuous. In the United States, however, we are eating all the time. We have a problem with obesity. And yet, we don't enjoy food that much. Isabel Allende eatenjoyfood Change image and share on social
I think that any writer who is commercial, who sells a lot of books, has to face criticism. Because the more hermetic and the more difficult your book is, supposedly it's better. Isabel Allende bookcommercialcriticism Change image and share on social
I have learned many things in the 30 years that I have been writing. Isabel Allende learnthingwrite Change image and share on social
Fear is like a black cavern that is terrifying. Once you enter the cavern and explore it, you realize that you can get out of it, go through it and get out of it. Isabel Allende blackcavernenter Change image and share on social
I never had time to think about my beliefs until my 28-year-old daughter Paula fell ill. She was in a coma for a year, and I took care of her at home until she died in my arms in December of 1992. Isabel Allende armbeliefcare Change image and share on social
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 was supposed to marry and make everyone around me happy. Isabel Allende 40sbearfamily Change image and share on social
Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. Isabel Allende determinedrivefate Change image and share on social
Unfortunately for my family, they have a writer in the family. Isabel Allende familywriter Change image and share on social
At five I was already a feminist, and nobody used the word in Chile yet. Isabel Allende chilefeministword Change image and share on social
