Packing is important because a lot of times I have to go places where I have to be in four different climates… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
If you just breathe, and go slower, you will have enough energy. It's really important because there are people who wait in… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I was a little press writer when the National Endowment for the Arts came to my rescue and gave me an award.… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
We can have our hearts broken over so much more. It is important to recognize the full spectrum of heartbreak. We can… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
If we were multilingual, imagine how much you would learn about your own culture, about the sensibilities of what's important in your… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I also learned to tell a story. I think I learned from poetry how to time a story. Poetry's timing, beats and… — 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
I don't want to blame anybody, but I just want to tell you that the process of writing is antisocial, so on… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Before you speak, get very quiet, do the meditation, say, "Use me as a channel for what needs to get said to… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
That's why it's important to be multilingual, because it teaches you so much about your own language. — 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