That's what you need for your writing - to learn how to be present, learn how to be calm. So take that nap, do that meditation.
Sandra CisnerosAnd the nice thing about writing a novel is you take your time, you sit with the character sometimes nine years, you look very deeply at a situation, unlike in real life when we just kind of snap something out.
Sandra Cisneros[Dennis Mathis] was very sensitive about keeping the unique way that I spoke English - it had a lot of Mexicanisms or Mexican syntax. So you keep it in because it's adding something unique.
Sandra CisnerosEven if we don't know if God exists, we can be certain love exists, because its power transcends death.
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