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Sandra Cisneros


American
December 20, 1954
Author
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Writing is like sewing together what I call these 'buttons,' these bits and pieces.


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I wasn't aware that 'House on Mango Street' was so influenced by Spanish until after I finished.


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Tags: After Until House
I feel comfortable in Spanish, I chat like a parrot, but I don't have the confidence in Spanish that I do in English.
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Tags: Like Feel I Feel
Generally if you're a daughter in a Mexican family, no one wants to tell you anything; they tell you the healthy lies about your family.
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Tags: Family You About
In English, my name means hope. In Spanish, it means too many letters. It means sadness. It means waiting. It is like the number nine, a muddy color.
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Tags: Hope Like Many
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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Tags: About Than See
I don't see any kind of mirror of power, male power, that is, as a form of liberation. I don't believe in an eye for an eye. I don't believe this is truly freedom.
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Tags: Power Freedom Any
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 tiny matters, isn't it?
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Tags: Change More Get
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 wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.
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Tags: People Me Because
I was a little press writer when the National Endowment for the Arts came to my rescue and gave me an award. I couldn't buy a light bulb. Almost more than the money, the awards are important because they show that someone believes in you.
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Tags: Money You Me
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 Donuts or who drives a bus, someone who comes home with their feet hurting like my father, someone who's busy and has too many children, like my mother.
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Tags: Home Like Who
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 the cycle. I started by setting an arbitrary time limit on studying: for every 15 minutes of study, I'd allow myself an hour of daydreaming. I set the alarm.
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Tags: Time Me Get