There's all kinds of ways to wean yourself off of sugar - because it is like an addiction.
Sandra CisnerosThe stories are what no one wants to talk about. So you make up a story because no one is going to tell you the truth.
Sandra CisnerosI don't know what the definition of a short story is, and I don't even care to answer that question. That's something somebody in academia would think about. I just want to tell a story, and if people listen, and if it stays with you, it's a story.
Sandra CisnerosEverything that I write comes when it wants to, out of its own need and it dictates its form. I don't say, "I am going to write a novel."
Sandra Cisneros