We tend to think of orphans as being the protagonist of stories we read when we're kids, and yet here you are:… — 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… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I don't know what the definition of a short story is, and I don't even care to answer that question. That's something… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Sometimes hearing the stories is going to change people's lives much more than if they read it. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I have to say my favorite stories are ghost stories. I don't like to see these made-up monster films or scary films… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I can get by and chatter and talk and tell funny stories, make people laugh, but I don't have as many words,… — 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
We need to write because so many of our stories are not being heard. Where could they be heard in this era… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The stories are what no one wants to talk about. So you make up a story because no one is going to… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It's difficult for me to have a large story, a very large story - a novel is a large story. I'm used… — 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
One of my favorite writers is Hans Christian Anderson. His stories speak to the times. — 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
Perhaps the community you mentioned might not come to the story. Sometimes you have to take the story to them, and perform… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
In the business world, I did fairly well, but wasn't happy. A bout of sciatica put me flat on my back. All… — 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
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