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write with honesty and don't worry about the feelings of others, because no matter what you say, they'll hate you anyway.

Isabel Allende

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Isabel Allende
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 2
Journalist
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Screenwriter
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City of the Kings
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A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look at myself, my life, and the people I love the most in the mirror of the blank screen. In a memoir, feelings are more important than facts, and to write honestly, I have to confront my demons.
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She was considered timid and morose. Only in the country, her skin tanned by the sun and her belly full of ripe fruit, running through the fields with Pedro Tercero, was she smiling and happy. Her mother said that that was the real Blanca, and that the other one, the one back in the city, was a Blanca in hibernation.
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In the United States, the fact that you can start again gives a lot of energy and strength and youth to this country. That is why it's so powerful in many ways, and so creative.
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She never imagined a scenario in which her love was not returned with the same depth of feeling, for to her it was impossible to believe that a love of such magnitude could have stunned only her. The most elementary logic and justice indicated that somewhere in the city he was suffering the same delicious torment.
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The one that came really easy was the Japanese lover, because he's like a ghost in the book. He's always in the background like a spirit, like a shadow, almost. There's a very delicate line there.
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Peace requires everyone to be in the circle - wholeness, inclusion.
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Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy.
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I like Hillary Clinton a lot. I know her.
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if we don't begin by imagining the perfect society, how shall we create one?
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Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process.
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We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for the privileged.
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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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The most poor and backward areas in the world are those in which women are subjugated and exploited. Improving the situation of the woman improves the family, the community, and by extension the whole country.
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In 2011, I announced that I was going to retire, and my agent panicked. So she says: No, no, no. You have to write a book with your husband.
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The names of persons and living creatures demand respect, because when we speak to them we touch their heart and become a part of thier life force.
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I'm not above anybody. I'm, I'm not better than anybody. I am made of the same material that everybody else is and if somebody can be a saint, so can I and if somebody can be a torturer, so can I.
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I'm not willing to sign a contract. They want everything. They want the rights to do the movie and everything else they can think of, forever. There's no limit to the contract. In this universe and universes to be discovered - I'm not making this up - this is in the contract.
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When you make an omelet, as when you make love, affection counts for more than technique.
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The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women... Human rights? They couldn't care less!
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How many times have I told you not to believe everything you hear? Seek truth for yourself.
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