I'm such a control freak. I want to control even my own death. Decide when I will die and how.
Isabel AllendeMost people feel younger than their age, but the culture values youth, success, beauty, productivity. There is no space in this culture for older people.
Isabel AllendeIt is common knowledge that no man that women flock to boasts of his conquests. Those who do, lie.
Isabel AllendeThe fact that I am a writer comes from the experience of being cut away from my roots and living in Venezuela, where I couldn't find a place for myself, for years and years.
Isabel Allende