In my youth, daydreaming nurtured me, provided a safe haven. I'd sleep for twelve hours and even when awake escape to the… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
There's a lot of things that haven't been communicated to our communities. I didn't know these things myself. I didn't know that… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
It's so good for your health to take those naps. I don't know why people brag that they sleep five hours. I'd… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
What I recommend is this: after you've talked to everybody, go take a nap! Take a nap. Your body really needs to… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I live in a town that's two and a half hours from the border. I know people who have lived in San… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Post 9/11, we've seen such disastrous policies on the border. I live two and a half hours away from the border, and… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
When I was writing Caramelo the last couple of years, a sixty-hour work week was normal. And now I'm lucky if I… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Believe me, that nap is better than sitting there for three hours and nothing's coming. I've learned that even if I've slept… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
[Writing is like fishing]. You don't bow because you made the fish. That's the difference. If you know that, then you bow… — 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