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
You know how sometimes you meet writers that are so full of themselves? They feel really proud that they wrote something .… — 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
Even if we don't know if God exists, we can be certain love exists, because its power transcends death. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I was the kind of person that was very social and liked to be with an entourage and have lots of parties… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Mice and any rodentia. Guinea pigs. Even rabbits, I can't stand. Rabbits are cousins to rats. It's a class thing. If you… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I think a lot of education has to be involved. If they would have alternative items, so that, say, for a dollar… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
If you're poor, potato chips are the food of life for you. It's the caviar. — 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
Something I always tell students is, when you're writing something, you want to write the first draft and you want it to… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Instead of putting cheese with ranchero sauce, chile is really very good for you. If you put that in, you get flavoring,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
If educators were really understanding of that, they'd say, "You know what? Forget about bilingual, we're going to do multilingual education." So… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Even if you're an agnostic or an atheist, you can create an altar, because an altar is simply paying homage to someone's… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I'm just as unhappy about San Antonio as I was about Chicago. If you're unhappy about certain things, you're unhappy everywhere. — 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
Even my mom. I have to tell her, "If you want a snack, don't go to bed with potato chips. Eat a… — 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
The border between the dead and the living, if you're Mexican, doesn't exist. The dead are part of your life. Like my… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
One of the things I used to dream of is that if I could just be funny like Red Skelton, if I… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
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… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
If you start thinking about who's going to read it [you're writing], or what grade will you get, or is it going… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Once you can open yourself to joy, you feel as if you've transformed your sadness into illumination, which is really all that… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
For me, a story's a story if people want to hear it; it's very much based on oral storytelling. And for me,… — 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
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