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Sandra Cisneros talks about how she reads many kinds of books, from sci‑fi to historical memoirs, and how that shapes her writing. She says a novel can take years, letting a character grow slowly like a baby emerging from a womb. She also notes that media often paints heartbreak as terrible, even though it can be part of life.
![“[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/i/470/sandra-cisneros-862_active_thich-nhat-hanh-the-one-that-revolutioni_675085.png)
![“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/i/466/sandra-cisneros-862_austin_i-remember-i-was-very-taken-with-a-book_2635005.png)
