843 Quotes by Isabel Allende

Writing is a constant exercise in longing.

Someone has said that conversation is sex for the soul.

Writing is my job. I don't think of it as art.

I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward.

That is the best part of writing: finding the hidden treasures, giving sparkle to worn out events, invigorating the tired soul with imagination, creating some kind of truth with many lies.

I need to remember to overcome.

You couldn't find two people more different than my mother and I. There are a thousand things about me that she fought against.

Give, give, give-what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away?

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom.