I have to say that the traditional role is kind of a myth. I think the traditional Mexican woman is a fierce woman.

I've put up with too much, too long, and now I'm just too intelligent, too powerful, too beautiful, too sure of who I am finally to deserve anything less.

I am obsessed with becoming a woman comfortable in her skin.

My weapon has always been language, and I've always used it, but it has changed. Instead of shaping the words like knives now, I think they're flowers, or bridges.

You can't erase what you know. You can't forget who you are.

The beauty of literature is you allow readers to see things through other peoples eyes. All good books do this.

'Hispanic' is English for a person of Latino origin who wants to be accepted by the white status quo. 'Latino' is the word we have always used for ourselves.

If you know two cultures and two languages, that intermediate place, where the two don't perfectly meet, is really interesting.

People know when you're speaking from el corazón. You have that pain. Take that pain and do something with it. That's very powerful.

The world we live in is a house on fire and the people we love are burning.

You don't want somebody who doesn't know his own heart, do you? You'll find someone who's brave enough to love you. Someday. One day. Not today.

When I get real bored, I like to drive downtown and get a great parking spot, then sit in my car and count how many people ask if I'm leaving.

True brothers are never blood-related. But born of the spirit.

Sooner or later, I'll be punctual.

I used to fly around the stage without strings or camera tricks. That took seven years to create.

Drunkards of summer are quite as frequent as Drunkards of wine.

I think the furthest I ever got was Guitar Hero. If I could start a band like that, I think I could do it.

When God gives a command or a vision of truth, it is never a question of what He will do, but what we will do.

My rule is if one person says it, a thousand people want to say it. That goes for compliments too. I try to balance it out in my head.

I'm not the one who was elected." Although she disagreed with her husband on "a lot of issues," she emphasized, "I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view.

I love being the bad guy, simply because I was always so responsible, so predictable growing up.