Writing is a process, a journey into memory and the soul. Isabel Allende More Quotes by Isabel Allende More Quotes From Isabel Allende 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. Isabel Allende communitycountryworld As a result, we're widening democracy. Isabel Allende world A memoir is my version of events. My perspective. I choose what to tell and what to omit. I choose the adjectives to describe a situation, and in that sense, I'm creating a form of fiction. Isabel Allende choosesituationperspectiveevents I have been a foreigner all my life, first as a daughter of diplomats, then as a political refugee and now as an immigrant in the U.S. I have had to leave everything behind and start anew several times, and I have lost most of my extended family. Isabel Allende my-lifefamilydaughterlife My mother is a great artist, but she always treated her paintings like minor postcards. Had she pursued it, she would have been a great artist. Instead, she looked down on her art. Isabel Allende downgreatmotherart Feminism is not dead, by no means. It has evolved. If you don't like the term, change it, for Goddess' sake. Call it Aphrodite, or Venus, or bimbo, or whatever you want; the name doesn't matter, as long as we understand what it is about, and we support it. Isabel Allende yousupportchangelong A memoir is an invitation into another person's privacy. Isabel Allende invitationpersonmemoirprivacy I want to have an epic life. I want to tell my life with big adjectives. I want to forget all the grays in between, and remember the highlights and the dark moments. Isabel Allende my-lifedarkrememberlife Everybody has losses - it's unavoidable in life. Sharing our pain is very healing. Isabel Allende sharingpainhealinglife Men's memoirs are about answers; women's memoirs are about questions. Most male authors want to look good in their memoirs and have a place in posterity, while most women know that posterity is what happens when you no longer care. Women want to connect with others here and now; they couldn't care less about legacy! Isabel Allende goodyouwomenmen
