“The older I get, the more I'm conscious of ways very small things can ...” — Sandra Cisneros Quote

“The older I get, the more I'm conscious of ways very small things can make a change in the world. Tiny little things, but the world is made up of tiny matters, isn't it?”

“I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.”

“Writing is like sewing together what I call these 'buttons,' these bits and pieces.”

“It's funny how God will change your plans for you when he's ready.”

“Not everybody can like what I do, and if you feel that somebody is coming up closer to you and starting the rivalry and everything, you maybe change your position to him.”

“If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.”