I'm most tired after I read, after I've just done a performance, but what I try to do is to fuel and… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I don't want to blame anybody, but I just want to tell you that the process of writing is antisocial, so on… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
You want to be able to say anything when you do your first draft, because some of that goofy stuff that you… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Even my mom. I have to tell her, "If you want a snack, don't go to bed with potato chips. Eat a… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The house was immaculate, as always, not a stray hair anywhere, not a flake of dandruff or a crumpled towel. Even the… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Your prospective employer, or the person you have a crush on, or the person you want to talk to. You're judging yourself,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
You know how women have this clock when they want to have a baby? I had this clock where I wanted to… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Once you can open yourself to joy, you feel as if you've transformed your sadness into illumination, which is really all that… — 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