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9 quotes by Ana Castillo

Ana Castillo Ana Castillo in New Mexico Born June 15, 1953 (Gemini) Chicago, Illinois Occupation Novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer Nationality American Literary movement Xicanisma / Postmodernism Notable works So Far from God, Massacre of the Dreamers, Loverboys, The Guardians Notable awards Columbia Foundation's American Book Award (1987) Ana Castillo (born June 15, 1953) is a Mexican-American Chicana novelist, poet, short story...
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There are things coming from me that I felt I wanted to talk about. My search for my own blend of spirituality, my acknowledgement of my sexuality... →

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Human sexuality has been regulated and shaped by men to serve men's needs.

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I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American.

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I've spent my whole life in Chicago being asked where am I from, so that I have a sense of displacement that also is very psychologically... →

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Our goal should be to achieve joy.

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For things to have value in man's world, they are given the role of commodities. Among man's oldest and most constant commodity is woman.

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I was just, like, not at all the office type; I was the artist type.

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I'm concerned about a lot of serious border issues. This book is about the border reality and the struggles of the undocumented worker.

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I wanted everything. What could you not want when you are brown and Indian-looking in a society in which the white aesthetic is praised as acceptable?

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