Women are the only ones who will be able to eliminate the patriarchy, and when that happens all of us will win, men as much as women.
Isabel Allendefar away from my country I would be like those trees they chop down at Christmastime, those poor rootless pines that last a little while and then die.
Isabel AllendeI should say that I'm not conscious of any particular style or any particular literary device when I am writing. I have written 22 books, and they are all very different. I have tried all kinds of genres.
Isabel AllendeI was such a sullen, angry, sad kid. I'm sure there are writers who have had happy childhoods, but what are you going to write about? No ghosts, no fear. I'm very happy that I had an unhappy and uncomfortable childhood.
Isabel Allende