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
[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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