Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, … - Isabel Allende

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Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process.

Isabel Allende

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About Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende (born August 2, 1942) is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits (La casa de los espíritus, 1982) and City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias, 2002), which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Alternative Names: Isabel Allende Llona

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La realidad es que cada uno es responsable de su propia vida. Nacemos con ciertas cartas del naipe, y con ellas jugamos nuestro juego; a algunos les tocan malas cartas y lo pierden todo, pero otros juegan magistralmente con esas mismas cartas y triunfan.

A novel is achieved with hard work, the short story with inspiration.

My worst flaw is that I tell secrets, my own and everybody else's.

Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process. - Isabel Allende

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