The beauty of literature is you allow readers to see things through other peoples eyes. All good books do this. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Think about the books that you were reading at a certain crisis in your life, what you were reading, and that's because… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I don't think I'll write a large novel again because it was like being in jail for me. Even though that's the… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I think that you need to have books that talk about the lives of the poor, and they need to be involved… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I never know what something is going to be until it emerges from the womb and you see the crown of its… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I know the books that I need to help me to be wiser than my years and be kinder and more compassionate… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Those of us who are writers and have to perform to communities that aren't used to coming to book events, I would… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
And the nice thing about writing a novel is you take your time, you sit with the character sometimes nine years, you… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
We are told by media - books, television, reality shows - that heartbreak is this terrible thing and yet we should seek… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
My readers are as diverse as any group you will ever see. Something that booksellers always tell me. That they are always… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
[Thich Nhat Hanh] the one that revolutionized Buddhism. Instead of being monks just engaged in meditation, it was active Buddhism. You went… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
You can try reading books that will help you be a leader, like Marshall Rosenberg and Thich Nhat Hanh. Be very humble… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
One of the things we learned from that panel is the way poor communities use a library is very different from wealthy… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The writer Denise Chávez comments on poor food and what you associate with luxury food items. In fact, she wrote a whole… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I've always read broadly: literary fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, chick lit, historical, dystopian, nonfiction, memoir. I've even read Westerns. I prefer female protagonists. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
My book would come out in one language, then it would come out in another language, then it would come out in… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I thought that strange syntax was the language of story books. I didn't realize those were poor translations... English from Edwardian times. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
There are a few of the authors that I think have made a great big impact on my life. The way I… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
My friend, Dennis Mathis, was reading Eastern European and Japanese experimental writers, and I brought the Latin American writers to his attention,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Everything that I write comes when it wants to, out of its own need and it dictates its form. I don't say,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Each book gets harder, each book gets harder and harder. I always feel like crying when I have to write. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Every book takes you to the terror, that terrible place of possible failure. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Books are medicine and you have to take the right medicine that you need at that moment or that day or that… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I can't do a linear novel. I'm just going to write what I need to write. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I can't stand it when people say, "If you're writing a novel, you should read this and that." Because it's like giving… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
One of the books that has guided me in the last ten years of my life to help me to be that… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
It's difficult for me to have a large story, a very large story - a novel is a large story. I'm used… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The TSA tears through your bags at the airport and the NSA watches what books you buy and what you say over… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
There's a lot of people that need these stories, and they can't come to my book, so I'm going to be the… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
That's all you have to ask from yourself writing a book. That it's the best you can do and that you did… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Every book changes my writing because I'm always trying to do something I didn't do before. I try to do what's hard… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
There are many Latino writers as talented as I am, but because we are published through small presses, our books don't count.… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I remember I was very taken with a book called DreamTigers by [Jorge Luis] Borges. He was at the University of Texas,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Many books that you read, they have those disclaimers that say that, "None of the events and none of the people are… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
We need to write because so many of our stories are not being heard. Where could they be heard in this era… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
She became politically conscious thanks to Studs Terkel and the radio. She started reading all the books we brought home from college… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I liked the books I read that said things like 'I shan't'. I would try to find a way to say in… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
We tend to think of orphans as being the protagonist of stories we read when we're kids, and yet here you are: you're an… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I'm learning a lot by reading teachers like Thich Nhat Hanh, Pema Chodron. They teach me because I feel like I have a responsibility… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I never know what something is going to be until it emerges from the womb and you see the crown of its head and… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Believe it or not, Mexican cooking, for those of you who have not gone farther south than Taco Bell, uses a lot of vegetables.… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I feel that I can teach my listener about a new word they can use too. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Now I feel life is really short and I have to take care of things. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
To this day, on my cheat days from my diet, which are New Year's Eve and my birthday, I buy luxury foods that are… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
You can never have too much sky . You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
[Jorge Luis Borges] had short stories, and I was trying to learn how to write short stories, and then he had these things in… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I want to thank you, especially those people who are agnostic or atheist. I don't mean any offense by the things I said of… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
We changed it to emocionó, the way you say in Spanish, "to emotion me" [to be moved]. That, as opposed to "haunt." We wanted… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
When I'm starting to feel, "How many more people are there?" I go slower. I ask questions, and that person engaging with me gives… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
![“[Thich Nhat Hanh] the one that revolutionized Buddhism. Instead of being monks just engaged in meditation, it was active Buddhism. You went out and felt the ills of the community around you. Instead of retreating to a monastery, you were out in the streets working. And he's been a great help to…” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/470/sandra-cisneros-862_active_thich-nhat-hanh-the-one-that-revolutioni_675085.jpg)
![“I remember I was very taken with a book called DreamTigers by [Jorge Luis] Borges. He was at the University of Texas, Austin, and they collected some of his writings and put them in a little collection. It's called DreamTigers in English, but it doesn't exist in Spanish. It's a little sampler. But…” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/466/sandra-cisneros-862_austin_i-remember-i-was-very-taken-with-a-book_2635005.jpg)
![“[Jorge Luis Borges] had short stories, and I was trying to learn how to write short stories, and then he had these things in the middle that were like fables, and I loved hearing fables.” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a46/sandra-cisneros-862_borges_jorge-luis-borges-had-short-stories-and_102630.jpg)
![“We changed it to emocionó, the way you say in Spanish, "to emotion me" [to be moved]. That, as opposed to "haunt." We wanted the feeling of sadness and grief and obsession, so we used emocionó.” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8fc/sandra-cisneros-862_changed_we-changed-it-to-emocion-the-way-you-say_108295.jpg)
