People Quotes by Sandra Cisneros

Sometimes hearing the stories is going to change people's lives much more than if they read it.

— Sandra Cisneros

I do travel a lot, because I need oxygen, I need to go to places to meet people who aren't upset at…

— Sandra Cisneros

I prefer to go to the little towns now, because in little towns people are kind. I like going to Tepotzlán.

— Sandra Cisneros

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

You know, you want to be outrageous when you're young, so all the young people say, "Oooh . . ." Now my tactics are different.

— Sandra Cisneros

The world we live in is a house on fire and the people we love are burning.

— Sandra Cisneros

Why don't we have people like Thich Nhat Hanh or Marshall Rosenberg and Nelson Mandela solving violent situations in a peaceful way?

— Sandra Cisneros

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

I don't just want to talk to the choir. I want to sit down and be respectful of the people who are…

— Sandra Cisneros

I tell people to write the stories that you're afraid to talk about, the stories you wish you'd forget, because those have…

— Sandra Cisneros

"You're next, after the feather dancers." And you had to get their attention, because otherwise people would go, "Oh, a poet." You…

— Sandra Cisneros

Afterwards, people come and say, "I felt like you said that just to me. What you said is something I'm going through…

— Sandra Cisneros

I want to thank you, especially those people who are agnostic or atheist. I don't mean any offense by the things I…

— Sandra Cisneros

If you live in poor neighborhoods - I know from living in several poor neighborhoods - the worst supermarkets in the city…

— Sandra Cisneros

I can't hang around with lots of people these days because I am hypersensitive. So when I am around a lot of…

— Sandra Cisneros

You get good at being by yourself and you're condemned to a life sentence of solitude. You think, "Wait a minute! I…

— Sandra Cisneros

Before you speak, get very quiet, do the meditation, say, "Use me as a channel for what needs to get said to…

— Sandra Cisneros

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

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

If we got an educational program going, we could tell people, "Instead of butter, use avocado." That's something we eat, it has…

— Sandra Cisneros

The Mexico - United States border was always porous. People have been going and coming back since before the Spaniards arrived. Now…

— Sandra Cisneros

Many books that you read, they have those disclaimers that say that, "None of the events and none of the people are…

— Sandra Cisneros

I was reading Emily Dickinson and Edwin Arlington Robinson, but these weren't the poets that influenced me. I think Gwendolyn Brooks influenced…

— Sandra Cisneros

If you have potato chips, that means, "Who's coming over?"Wealthy people - white people who're wealthy - have a bag of potato…

— Sandra Cisneros

Some people need flowers, some people need dandelions. It's medicine, it's what you need at that time in your life.

— Sandra Cisneros

I think people should read fairy tales, because were hungry for a mythology that will speak to our fears.

— Sandra Cisneros

When I'm starting to feel, "How many more people are there?" I go slower. I ask questions, and that person engaging with…

— Sandra Cisneros

Even though it's hard to believe, but people who know me really well know I'm shy. I have to go past that…

— Sandra Cisneros

I think people should read fairy tales, because we're hungry for a mythology that will speak to our fears.

— Sandra Cisneros

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

My readers are as diverse as any group you will ever see. Something that booksellers always tell me. That they are always…

— Sandra Cisneros

When you speak words that are relevant to people, they automatically shut up and you know you are in the presence of…

— Sandra Cisneros

Once people are not here physically, the spiritual remains. We still connect, we can communicate, we can give and receive love and…

— Sandra Cisneros

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

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

What I've learned is, if I have to go out and speak, the best way to get people's attention is to tell…

— Sandra Cisneros

When we started publishing, you had to be better than good. You had to be excellent. But as long as people are…

— Sandra Cisneros

I had to learn quick, because I was performing in Cinco de Mayo festivals with babies crying and people lifting their beers,…

— Sandra Cisneros

I look at Thich Nhat Hanh and I look at Marshall Rosenberg, and they're more concerned about the long range. And that…

— Sandra Cisneros

It's so good for your health to take those naps. I don't know why people brag that they sleep five hours. I'd…

— Sandra Cisneros