It's good for a writer to come from journalism because it gives you the tools. A journalist knows that he or she can lose the reader in six lines, so….

The idea of the book ["The Japanese Lover"] came in a conversation that I had with a friend walking in the streets of New York. We were talking about….

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 ….

Catholics form a majority in Chile, although there are more and more Evangelicals and Pentacostals who irritate everyone because they have a direct u….

We need a global approach to this from all sides. We need to educate people, we need the scientists to create new technologies, we need the engineers….

Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses..

I get hundreds of emails daily and a lot of feedback from people that are reading or have read my books. When I'm writing, or in my daily life, I jus….

Sisters: talk to each other, be connected and informed, form women's circles, share your stories, work together, and take risks. Together we are invi….

I love my dog unconditionally, but never the man I'm sleeping with..

Conceit is a privilege of the ignorant; the wise man is humble because he knows how little he knows..

How many times have I told you not to believe everything you hear? Seek truth for yourself..

Writing is a calling, not a choice..

The hardest thing of love is to let go..

Aphrodite is about lust and gluttony - the only two sins worth committing, in my opinion..

With women the best aphrodisiac is words..

Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a….

This is to assuage our conscience, darling" she would explain to Blanca. "But it doesn't help the poor. They don't need chartiy; they need justice..

my husband, who is a lawyer, is very careful with words and with the truth. He thinks that the truth exists, and it's something that is beyond questi….

The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night..

That is the best part of writing: finding the hidden treasures, giving sparkle to worn out events, invigorating the tired soul with imagination, crea….

I don't want an uneventful and safe life, I prefer an adventurous one..