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49 quotes by Sandra Cisneros

Sandra Cisneros (born December 20, 1954) is an American writer best known for her acclaimed first novel The House on Mango Street (1984) and her subsequent short story collection Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991). Her work experiments with literary forms and investigates emerging subject positions, which Cisneros herself attributes to growing up in a context of cultural hybridity and economic inequality that endowed her with unique...
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The older I get, the more I'm conscious of ways very small things can make a change in the world. Tiny little things, but the world is made up of... →

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I was a terrible student. Still, I managed to get into college, but my daydreaming threatened to sabotage me. I used behavior modification to break... →

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In my youth, daydreaming nurtured me, provided a safe haven. I'd sleep for twelve hours and even when awake escape to the safe place in my mind.

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Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.

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I try to be as honest about what I see and to speak rather than be silent, especially if it means I can save lives, or serve humanity.

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One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I've ever spent.

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The more you speak more languages, the more you understand about yourself.

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I wanted to write something in a voice that was unique to who I was. And I wanted something that was accessible to the person who works at Dunkin... →

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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, but usually from those whose... →

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But I deal with this meditating and by understanding I've been put on the planet to serve humanity. I have to remind myself to live simply and... →

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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 writing power.

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I think people should read fairy tales, because we're hungry for a mythology that will speak to our fears.

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My father always defined my gender to my brothers. He'd say, 'This is your sister; you must take care of her.'

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