I never paid attention when people said, "That's gotta be poetry. That's gotta be fiction," except when I was in a graduate… — 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
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
God made men by baking them in an oven, but he forgot about the first batch, and that's how Black people were… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I learned from the Macarturos. I had never been at a table with a labor organizer and a playwright and a performance… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
There's a lot of people that need these stories, and they can't come to my book, so I'm going to be the… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I had to learn quick, because I was performing in Cinco de Mayo festivals with babies crying and people lifting their beers,… — 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
I think people are much more concerned about money now. There aren't the big advances of the past. You feel the sense… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
You know how they say, "Find your voice"? That's your voice, in your pajamas. And it doesn't mean that you're going to… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Many books that you read, they have those disclaimers that say that, "None of the events and none of the people are… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
When we started publishing, you had to be better than good. You had to be excellent. But as long as people are… — 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
I feel like I am in a box of bees when I am in a room with lots of people and I'm… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
People paused to listen to Denise Chávez and she had them - with gum on her shoes, she had them. She said… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Once people are not here physically, the spiritual remains. We still connect, we can communicate, we can give and receive love and… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The world we live in is a house on fire and the people we love are burning. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
As people who are women, who are Indigenous and live on Indigenous lands, we know, and this is something I understand the… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The ideal for me is to mix it up. When I have a writing workshop, I like to have people that are… — 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
People know when you're speaking from el corazón. You have that pain. Take that pain and do something with it. That's very… — 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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