I have to say that the traditional role is kind of a myth. I think the traditional Mexican woman is a fierce… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Generally if you're a daughter in a Mexican family, no one wants to tell you anything; they tell you the healthy lies… — 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. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
[Dennis Mathis] was very sensitive about keeping the unique way that I spoke English - it had a lot of Mexicanisms or… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
People want you to be the ambassador of everything. This happens to me especially when I go to Europe. I have to… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
People like to blame Mexican food, but look at what's happening globally, look at all the fast foods and products filled with… — 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… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I think that Mexican-American kids live in a global world. It's not even bi-, it's multi-. You know, for those of us… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Imagine Americans who go to Paris. Why would you want to go where someone's going to disparage you? Why would you go… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Well, when you're an immigrant writer, or an immigrant, you're not always welcome to this country unless you're the right immigrant. If… — 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
I usually say Latina, Mexican-American or American Mexican, and in certain contexts, Chicana, depending on whether my audience understands the term or… — 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
People like to blame Mexican food, but look at what's happening globally, look at all the fast foods and products filled with… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
True love in Mexico isn't between lovers; it's between a parent and a child. Mexico is a very intense culture of sons… — 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
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
![“[Dennis Mathis] was very sensitive about keeping the unique way that I spoke English - it had a lot of Mexicanisms or Mexican syntax. So you keep it in because it's adding something unique.” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b6a/sandra-cisneros-862_mexican_dennis-mathis-was-very-sensitive-about-k_223445.jpg)
![“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 you go back, and you happen to be Mexican-American, you get treated very differently [in Mexico] than if you're blond. If you say something wrong, they say, "Why don't you…” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/07b/sandra-cisneros-862_dangerous_friends-started-saying-oh-don-t-come-no_2950750.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)
