Feminism is dated? Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today, but not for most of our sisters in the rest of the world who... →
Isabel Allende
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 times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their... →
The poorest and most backward societies are always those that put women down.
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... →
If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who make it so.
For real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to... →
Empowering women means trusting them.
Today's girls are tomorrow's women - and leaders.
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... →