What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse. – Isabel Allende
Im aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic. – Isabel Allende
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 are still forced into premature marriage, prostitution, forced labor – they have children that they dont want or they cannot feed. – Isabel Allende
In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today. – Isabel Allende
Whenever somebody says they need an angle for their story I always fear that theyve got an idea and they want me to fit into it or they want me to come up with an idea myself or Im supposed to be more revealing than Ive been, and to me it just sounds like something I dont want to do. – David Duchovny