If you know two cultures and two languages, that intermediate place, where the two don't perfectly meet, is really interesting. Sandra Cisneros More Quotes by Sandra Cisneros More Quotes From Sandra Cisneros When I'm starting to feel, "How many more people are there?" I go slower. I ask questions, and that person engaging with me gives me energy. Sandra Cisneros energy giving people You can never have too much sky. Sandra Cisneros flipping-a-coin sky beach I didn't marry. I didn't have children. I followed the food supply for jobs. I kept writing at night. And that kept me moving. It kept my life disruptive. It broke up many relationships. Was it worth it? Yes. Sandra Cisneros jobs children moving But I deal with this by meditating and by understanding I've been put on the planet to serve humanity. I have to remind myself to live simply and not overindulge, which is a constant battle in a material world. Sandra Cisneros battle understanding humanity I can't do a linear novel. I'm just going to write what I need to write. Sandra Cisneros linear writing needs A second person that's come to my life very recently, and I'm thankful for it, is Marshall Rosenberg, the founder of the Nonviolent Communication Organization. He has all these books about how we can use our language nonviolently to help create peace. He's using a lot of Buddhism too, but he's helping me to think about language. Sandra Cisneros buddhism communication book If you live in poor neighborhoods - I know from living in several poor neighborhoods - the worst supermarkets in the city are in the poorest neighborhoods, where people don't have cars. Sandra Cisneros poor-neighborhoods cities people You can try reading books that will help you be a leader, like Marshall Rosenberg and Thich Nhat Hanh. Be very humble and say, "I don't know why. I don't feel qualified, but I accept this role that you gave me, and so help me." Sandra Cisneros reading humble book I think people should read fairy tales, because were hungry for a mythology that will speak to our fears. Sandra Cisneros fairy-stories people thinking I had no concept of this [healthy food] until very, very late in life, thanks to a trainer/nutritionist that I met who has been working with me since I was forty-five. Sandra Cisneros thanks mets healthy Sometimes I feel I can't quite master my written and spoken Spanish, because I'm too much a student of English. I would need another lifetime to learn it. Sandra Cisneros too-much students needs Some people need flowers, some people need dandelions. It's medicine, it's what you need at that time in your life. Sandra Cisneros medicine flower people Instead of putting cheese with ranchero sauce, chile is really very good for you. If you put that in, you get flavoring, so you're not eating bland food, especially if you're used to spicy food. Sandra Cisneros cheese sauce eating One of the things I like to pack, that I take with me all the time, is my Virgensita de Guadalupe. It doesn't take much room in your suitcase. If you have one that isn't so fancy, you can use it on the plane when you're scared. Sandra Cisneros suitcases fancy use When I was very young I was reading a lot of Latin American fiction, which later would be called "boom fiction." Sandra Cisneros reading would-be latin I look at Thich Nhat Hanh and I look at Marshall Rosenberg, and they're more concerned about the long range. And that long range means that you have to sit down with people who don't think like you. I want to reach people who don't think like me. Sandra Cisneros long mean thinking For me, a story's a story if people want to hear it; it's very much based on oral storytelling. And for me, a story is a story when people give me the privilege of listening when I'm speaking it out loud. Sandra Cisneros listening giving people I'm filled with a new joy mixed with old grief. Sandra Cisneros filled grief joy I lose things. I write things and they disappear from my desk, my life. I move a lot. I wanted to gather them and put them under one roof, under one cover, so I could document my life in a series of snapshots. Sandra Cisneros snapshots writing moving People like to blame Mexican food, but look at what's happening globally, look at all the fast foods and products filled with trans fat. Before the Mexican Revolution, a hundred years ago, people were eating what now macrobiotics tells us to eat, corn, black beans, rice. That's what people were eating - and chile peppers. That's a healthy diet. And also they ate a lot of vegetables. Sandra Cisneros vegetables people years
