The connection that I have with my readers makes me very happy, and gives meaning to the strange profession of writing
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 was a lousy journalist. I could never be objective. Sometimes I invented the whole story.
Isabel AllendeGive, give, give - what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away? Of having stories if I don't tell them to others? Of having wealth if I don't share it? I don't intend to be cremated with any of it! It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.
Isabel Allende