Isabel Allende Quotes

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.

Isabel Allende

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: chilean
  • Birth: August 2, 1942

Topics

GreatAngryPeopleThinkYouSay

We wanted 'At Dawn' to be what it was: kinda spaced-out.

Jim James

DawnWantedKinda

My grandmother and my upbringing filled me with the spirit of the church and the spirit of the faith brought by Africans to the new land during slavery.

Jewell Parker Rhodes

FaithMeSlaveryChurchNewLand

Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family.

Joachim du Bellay

LifeFamilyManHappyRestGolden

My tutors at drama school commended and criticised my use of comedy in my acting for a long time at drama school. They said I had a tendency to somehow perform the most tragic of scenes in a slightly flippant way.

John Bradley-West

TimeSchoolComedyLongActingSaid

Gay TV has been immensely important in transforming American culture in a more gay-positive direction.

Tony Kushner

CultureDirectionAmericanGayMore

I tell people not to write too soon about their lives. Writing about yourself too young is loaded with psychological complexities.

Mary Karr

YourselfPeopleWritingYoungWrite

You arrive at Formula One being very skeptical, how far can your talent deal with all this, and then you understand those guys are human and pretty reasonable, and finally succeeding in winning your first race, in circumstance as such, it was just an amazing moment.

Michael Schumacher

MomentTalentAmazingWinningYou

My mother taught us to sell food in the market so we could pay for school. I would get up at 4:30 A.M. and start selling bread and cheese before going to class. School cost $65. The average salary was $125 a year, and with 10 kids, how are you going to pay for that?

Dikembe Mutombo

MotherFoodSchoolStartYearYou

I want to work with great people. Great people really make you better.

Dennis Quaid

WorkGreatPeopleBetterYouWant

If you read somebody's diary, you get what you deserve.

David Sedaris

YouDeserveDiaryGetSomebodyRead

My message going forward is that I want to remind everyone in the aviation industry - especially those who manage aviation companies and those who regulate aviation - that we owe it to our passengers to keep learning how to do it better.

Chesley Sullenberger

LearningForwardBetterWantGoing

There are so many things I'd like to change in the industry. Everything from the reliance of style over substance to their reluctance to hire me for big budget blockbusters, but the thing I would love most would be if they understood people don't have to be Hollywood beautiful to be sexy or interesting.

Colin Mochrie

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