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I try to let go of the intellect and just tell the story. I only read the page I have in front of me on the screen. Then when the whole story is told, I print it, wait a week and read it.

~Isabel Allende

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I've been a story-teller all my life but I realized it only recently.

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I have been a woman for 46 years and I only recently realized I can't change it and I like it.

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If I didn't write my soul would dry up and die.

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My writing comes not from the happy moments, but from struggle and grief.

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I have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the 'message,' even if I am not even aware that there is one, is conveyed better in this form.

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In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today.

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

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The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult to the readership. I get a little angry when people try to say such a thing.

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Today's girls are tomorrow's women - and leaders.

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Biography

Nationality: Chilean

Type: Writer

Born: August 2nd, 1942

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