I lose things. I write things and they disappear from my desk, my life. I move a lot. I wanted to gather… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I think my family and closest friends are learning about my need to withdraw, and I am learning how to restore and… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
There are many Latino writers as talented as I am, but because we are published through small presses, our books don't count.… — 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
My father never wanted me to be a writer. He didn't - he came to terms with it maybe two years before… — 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
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
One of my favorite writers is Hans Christian Anderson. His stories speak to the times. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I felt a failure because I couldn't sustain myself from what I earned from my writing. My day jobs were what mattered,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
That's all you have to ask from yourself writing a book. That it's the best you can do and that you did… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I remember I was very taken with a book called DreamTigers by [Jorge Luis] Borges. He was at the University of Texas,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Each book gets harder, each book gets harder and harder. I always feel like crying when I have to write. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Writing poetry helps me to write my fiction; each thing helps the other. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
You have to remember that writing itself is so solitary. You start writing because you're lonely. — 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
My Spanish is a daughter's Spanish. I write, but my Spanish really is very limited. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
If you start thinking about who's going to read it [you're writing], or what grade will you get, or is it going… — 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
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
Writing is like sewing together what I call these 'buttons,' these bits and pieces. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
[Writing is like fishing]. You don't bow because you made the fish. That's the difference. If you know that, then you bow… — 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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