Sandra Cisneros Quotes
My friend, Dennis Mathis, was reading Eastern European and Japanese experimental writers, and I brought the Latin American writers to his attention, so we exchanged books and bounced off one another.
Quotes to Explore
-
Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
-
I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.
-
I owe it all to Jesus.
-
Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
-
I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
-
I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
-
A person doesn't die when he should but when he can.
-
I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
-
When you're on set, you have to perform and look the part.
-
You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
-
Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents, we have to learn to hang together or we're gonna hang separately.
-
I once had a friend who did the hair for sci-fi movies, and after a particularly bad break-up I stupidly went to her salon and told her she could do anything she liked. She dyed the bottom cherry red and the top peroxide blonde.
-
I am so disturbed by kids who spend all day playing videogames.
-
Albanians are a nation of freedom fighters who know something about living under oppression.
-
All the Junos, the Grammy nominations, the gold and platinum records, did nothing to assuage my conviction that I was an out-and-out loser.
-
Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them too much.
-
A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.
-
Men and women are equally intelligent, but separate factors, such as the abilities to focus, be collaborative and take other people's views into account, allow you to be successful.
-
The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy.
-
On my morning run, I listen to sports talk radio.
-
Writing is the process of finding something to distract you from writing, and of all the helpful distractions - adultery, alcohol and acedia, all of which aided our writing fathers - none can equal the Internet.
-
If you live on an atoll and you get a warning by radio that a big wave is coming and everyone is told to move to higher ground, where are you supposed to go on these islands? There is none. The highest ground is four-meters (around 13 feet) above sea level, meaning you'd be safer in a coconut tree. How, though, are you supposed to get your grandfather, grandmother and grandchildren up there?
-
Being a woman and being gay is really a unique position in our society. I know in my experience of activism, oftentimes it makes a difference if something is women-focused. It's likely to get the attention of women much more easily.
-
My friend, Dennis Mathis, was reading Eastern European and Japanese experimental writers, and I brought the Latin American writers to his attention, so we exchanged books and bounced off one another.
