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Isabel Allende Quotes about Writing - Page 2

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I'm not a fan of mysteries, so to prepare for this experience of writing a mystery I started reading the most successful ones in the market in 2012. And I realized I cannot write that kind of book. It's too gruesome,

I'm not a fan of mysteries, so to prepare for this experience of writing a mystery I started reading the most successful ones in the market in 2012. And I realized I cannot write that kind of book. It's too gruesome, too violent, too dark; there's no redemption there.

Book, Reading, Writing

"The Mystery Of Isabel Allende: Author Explores New Genre". "All Things Considered" with Kelly McEvers, nwpr.org. January 25, 2014.

I've been a foreigner for the past twenty years. I don't have roots anymore. My roots are in my memory and my writing. That's why memory is so important. Who are you but what you can remember?

Memories, Writing, Past

I feel that my life and therefore my writing accept the possibility of all the mystery. Everything we don't know; everything that can possibly happen.

Writing, Mystery, Possibility

"Isabel Allende: Despite Terrorism, the World Is a Better Place Now Than Ever Before". Interview with Michael Skafidas, www.huffingtonpost.com.

I get hundreds of emails daily and a lot of feedback from people that are reading or have read my books. When I'm writing, or in my daily life, I just think of the work. I love to tell a story, but I might work with a story to make it the best I can without thinking of how many people will read it or if it will influence anybody.

Book, Reading, Writing

Interview with Collier Meyerson, www.lennyletter.com. January 15, 2016.

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

Honesty, Hate, Writing

I have learned many things in the 30 years that I have been writing.

Writing, Years, I Have Learned

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

Art, Jobs, Writing

"This much I know" by Lawrence Donegan, www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2008.

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them.

Writing, Stories, Ends

"Tales of passion". TED Talks, www.ted.com. March, 2007.

January 8 has been a lucky day for me. I have started all my books on that day, and all of them have been well received by the readers. I write eight to ten hours a day until I have a first draft, then I can relax a little. I am very disciplined. I write in silence and solitude. I light a candle to call inspiration and the muses, and I surround myself with pictures of the people I love, dead and alive.

Book, Inspiration, Writing

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.

Writing, Impact, Stronger

"Conversation with Isabel Allende". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.feminist.com.

After a few months without writing, months I've lived turned outward... I fear going deaf, not being able to hear the silence.

Writing, Silence, Able

It is absurd to imagine that any child will be able to earn a living, let alone contribute to resolving our world's complex problems, without knowing how to read and write. My foundation supports the National Writing Project so that teachers can be more effective in their efforts to improve literacy for all students.

Teacher, Children, Writing

One of the things that always comes up in my writing is the search for freedom, especially in women. I always write about women who are marginalized, who have no means or resources and somehow manage to get out of those situations with incredible strength - and that is more important than anything.

Mean, Writing, Important

"The WD Interview: Isabel Allende". Interview with Jordan E. Rosenfeld, www.writersdigest.com. August 27, 2008.

Writing is a calling, not a choice.

Writing, Choices, Calling

Everyone has a story, the air is full of stories. The creative process is mysterious, I don't know why it is that suddenly a theme will take hold of me and refuse to leave me in peace until I investigate it and write it.

Writing, Air, Creative

Interview with Marisel Mendoza, www.ventanalatina.co.uk. April 10, 2013.

The connection that I have with my readers makes me very happy, and gives meaning to the strange profession of writing

Writing, Giving, Connections

Interview with Marisel Mendoza, www.ventanalatina.co.uk. April 10, 2013.

The first two, three, four weeks are wasted. I just show up in front of the computer. Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too. If she doesn't show up invited, eventually she just shows up.

Writing, Two, Three

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.

Writing, Exercise, Mirrors

Write to register history, and name each thing. Write what should not be forgotten.

Writing, Names, Forgotten

Isabel Allende, William Knowlton Zinsser (1989). “Paths of Resistance: The Art and Craft of the Political Novel”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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

Struggle, Grief, Writing

I should say that I'm not conscious of any particular style or any particular literary device when I am writing. I have written 22 books, and they are all very different. I have tried all kinds of genres.

Book, Writing, Style

"Isabel Allende: Despite Terrorism, the World Is a Better Place Now Than Ever Before". Interview with Michael Skafidas, www.huffingtonpost.com.

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