Talking in one language and talking in another, I think inevitably, produce two different personalities, as far as I've seen in other people. I assume it does the same for me.

There is no point to samba if it doesn't make you smile.

I love food and I love everything involved with food. I love the fun of it. I love restaurants. I love cooking, although I don't cook very much. I love kitchens.

You know, one, two, three, four, five years go by and then Marcos gets a little boring.

The most that somebody in Mexico City will get paid for a job in construction is 100 pesos a day.

So, you know, I always say that I'm a Mexican, but if I had to be a citizen of anywhere else, I'd be a citizen of Manhattan. I feel very much a New Yorker.

I may not have a practical mind, but it's very fixated on concrete things. I like detail.

Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that I was a closely observant person long before I became a reporter.

Peron had a wise saying. In politics, you can recover from anything except looking like a fool.

What I wonder is what would happen in California, say, if all the Mexicans left from one day to the next?

If you're going to be a myth or want to be a myth, you'd better die young.

He would be able to suffer what his son had suffered. He would be able to suffer and his suffering would for an instance displace his grief.

I’m sorry I can’t do more. But happy birthday, Sadie.” He leaned forward and kissed me on the lips.

It's important to stand up for what you believe in.

One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country America.

All flesh doth frailty breed!

To the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost blind you draw large and startling figures.

The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel.

I wanna be a legend; I wanna be a cult hero. I do!

Why should I waste my good time making a straight dramatic film? The people who can't make you laugh can do that.

Two are born to cross their paths, their lives, their hearts. If by chance, one turns away, they are they forever lost.