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... →
Isabel Allende
I have become an American citizen, and I love this country. I think that this country has incredible potential for goodness, an incredible... →
I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. But most of all, I write because I love it!
I have not changed; I am still the same girl I was fifty years ago and the same young woman I was in the seventies. I still lust for life, I am still... →
I love fiction because in fiction you go into the thoughts of people, the little people, the people who were defeated, the poor, the women, the... →
I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place a story in New Orleans.
I came to the United States because I fell in love, and I forced my guy - I forced him into marriage. And so I became a resident. And then I realized... →
I never try to give a message in my books. It's about living with characters long enough to hear their voices and let them tell me the story.... →
I love marriage. I failed at marriage, but I'd rather go into anything with gusto and fail than go into it half-assed.
Kirstie Alley
I have to be below 140 to really look good. I have to work my legs like crazy. Actually, do you want my real goal? My real goal's always too low.... →