Laura Esquivel (born September 30, 1950) is a Mexican novelist, essayist, and screenwriter who has made noted contributions to Latin-American literature. Read full biography of Laura Esquivel →
As a very young girl, I understood that the interior activities of the home are as significant as the exterior activities of society.
I watch cooking change the cook, just as it transforms the food.
As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is... →
Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.
I can't speak for readers in general, but personally I like to read stories behind which there is some truth, something real and above all... →
For me, love is the most important force. It moves the universe.
In film you can use images exclusively and narrate a whole story very quickly, but you don't always so easily find the form in cinema to dig... →
There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.
I acknowledge the four elements. Water in the North; incense to recognize the air in the East; flowers for the earth in the South; a candle for light... →
I grew up in a modern home, but my grandmother lived across the street in an old house that was built when churches were illegal in Mexico. She had a... →
Laura Esquivel (born September 30, 1950) is a Mexican novelist, essayist, and screenwriter who has made noted contributions to Latin-American literature.