I want to thank you, especially those people who are agnostic or atheist. I don't mean any offense by the things I said of the spirit world. Thank you for allowing me to speak about the spiritual, because I can't talk about my life or writing without mentioning that.

Being on a highway, all that speed and aggression, is very terrifying to me.

People paused to listen to Denise Chávez and she had them - with gum on her shoes, she had them. She said she stepped on gum when she came up to the stage and she couldn't move, so she had to stay in one spot otherwise people would see the Chiclet.

My Spanish is a daughter's Spanish. I write, but my Spanish really is very limited.

To tell you the truth, I think it's about that we shouldn't get our driver's licenses till real late in life.

I never know what something is going to be until it emerges from the womb and you see the crown of its head and then you see it pushing its way up. So in my life if another book wants to be born it's not for me to choose.

Bricks are crumbling in places, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in