Quotes by Peruvian authors
Being in Hawaii, it's almost impossible not to be fit, I think.
Henry Ian Cusick
Peruvian-Scottish actor
'Scandal' is a huge hit. I'm happy for them, but it was never a really good fit for me.
Henry Ian Cusick
Peruvian-Scottish actor
Coming off a show like 'Lost,' there were other offers, but it was difficult to get excited about anything because 'Lost' was such a great piece of writing and such a hit show.
Henry Ian Cusick
Peruvian-Scottish actor
I have been a woman for 46 years and I only recently realized I can't change it and I like it.
Isabel Allende
Chilean writer
I was born in Peru, and we moved to Scotland when I was 15, but I've not lived here for a long time. But I would always say that I am Scottish, and Scotland is as close to a home as I have.
Henry Ian Cusick
Peruvian-Scottish actor
I wouldn't reread Sartre today. Compared to everything I've read since, his fiction seems dated and has lost much of its value.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian novelist
Twittering and blogging and all that is fine, but there is no idea of how to phrase something beautifully; how to use language to create an emotion. It's just passing information and sometimes very superficial information.
Isabel Allende
Chilean writer
In general, a writer would like to think that the best book that he has written is the book that he is writing, and the next book will be even better. Maybe if this is not true, it is very useful to keep the illusion alive.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian novelist
If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who make it so.
Isabel Allende
Chilean writer
All summer, I read fiction because you must read for the pleasure and beauty of it, and not only for research. I don't read thrillers, romance or mystery, and I don't read self-help books because I don't believe in shortcuts and loopholes.
Isabel Allende
Chilean writer
My theatre background is probably more extensive then my film, and I have done a fair bit of television.
Henry Ian Cusick
Peruvian-Scottish actor
I try to write the kind of books I like to read.
Isabel Allende
Chilean writer
I have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the 'message,' even if I am not even aware that there is one, is conveyed better in this form.
Isabel Allende
Chilean writer
I think if you're impregnated with good literature, with good culture, you're much more difficult to manipulate, and you're much more aware of the dangers that powers represent.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian novelist
A memoir is my version of events. My perspective. I choose what to tell and what to omit. I choose the adjectives to describe a situation, and in that sense, I'm creating a form of fiction.
Isabel Allende
Chilean writer
I mean, I do wear a wedding ring and take it off when I shoot.
Henry Ian Cusick
Peruvian-Scottish actor
I rebelled against all form of authority, against my grandfather, my step-father, the Church, the police, the government, the bosses. Everything male that was there, and was determining my life.
Isabel Allende
Chilean writer
I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward.
Isabel Allende
Chilean writer
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 posterity, while most women know that posterity is what happens when you no longer care. Women want to connect with others here and now; they couldn't care less about legacy!
Isabel Allende
Chilean writer
Unfortunately for my family, they have a writer in the family.
Isabel Allende
Chilean writer
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