I don't really think our government at heart wants peace. So I urge you, write to Mrs. Laura Bush, because she reads.

Don't be afraid to say what you don't know, and speak for what you do know. Say, "I can't speak for all Latinas, but I can speak for me and tell you very, very honestly."

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.

Each book gets harder, each book gets harder and harder. I always feel like crying when I have to write.

I'm most tired after I read, after I've just done a performance, but what I try to do is to fuel and eat a really healthy meal before I perform. I want to have enough energy to talk to that last person.

I'm filled with a new joy mixed with old grief.

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.