About Sandra Cisneros
Sandra Cisneros is an American writer best known for her novel The House on Mango Street and the short‑story collection Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories; she has won a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a 2017 Ford Foundation Art of Change fellowship. Her writing explores how growing up with mixed cultural backgrounds and economic challenges shaped her stories, and critics view her as a key figure in Chicano literature.
![“[Writing is like fishing]. You don't bow because you made the fish. That's the difference. If you know that, then you bow for your labor.You crafted, you worked, you put in those hours so that you could catch that fish. But you didn't make that fish. You just caught the fish. That will help you…” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/435/sandra-cisneros-862_bows_writing-is-like-fishing-you-don-t-bow-be_3194134.jpg)
![“Friends started saying, "Oh, don't come. No vengas. It's dangerous for us, and we live here." Then there's also the issue, if you go back, and you happen to be Mexican-American, you get treated very differently [in Mexico] than if you're blond. If you say something wrong, they say, "Why don't you…” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/07b/sandra-cisneros-862_dangerous_friends-started-saying-oh-don-t-come-no_2950750.jpg)
![“I don't like to go into subways, because I always see them [ mice]. They are like my naguales [kindred animal spirits]. They follow me. I have literally stepped off of a plane in Phoenix and gotten my bag and stepped out on the curb and they'll be a big desert rat walking right in front of me.” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/957/sandra-cisneros-862_animal_i-don-t-like-to-go-into-subways-because_611382.png)
