Sandra Cisneros Quotes

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• I was silent as a child, and silenced as a young woman; I am taking my lumps and bumps for being a big mouth, now,…
• I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I…
• Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.
• I am a woman, and I am a Latina. Those are the things that make my writing distinctive. Those are the things that give my…
• I feel comfortable in Spanish, I chat like a parrot, but I don't have the confidence in Spanish that I do in English.
• Mexico is only a memory of childhood safety.
• 'Hispanic' is English for a person of Latino origin who wants to be accepted by the white status quo. 'Latino' is the word we have…
• I've always read broadly: literary fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, chick lit, historical, dystopian, nonfiction, memoir. I've even read Westerns. I prefer female protagonists.
• There are many Latino writers as talented as I am, but because we are published through small presses, our books don't count. We are still…
• My feminism is humanism, with the weakest being those who I represent, and that includes many beings and life forms, including some men.
• And the nice thing about writing a novel is you take your time, you sit with the character sometimes nine years, you look very deeply…
• The stories are what no one wants to talk about. So you make up a story because no one is going to tell you the…
• You don't want somebody who doesn't know his own heart, do you? You'll find someone who's brave enough to love you. Someday. One day. Not…
• The beauty of literature is you allow readers to see things through other peoples eyes. All good books do this.
• Write about what makes you different.
• Bricks are crumbling in places, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in
• I have to say that the traditional role is kind of a myth. I think the traditional Mexican woman is a fierce woman.
• I am one who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or picking up the plate
• But I deal with this by meditating and by understanding I've been put on the planet to serve humanity. I have to remind myself to…
• One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I've ever spent.

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