I think no matter what you do you can't please everybody. You have to ask yourself, "Did I do what I set out to do?"

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.

As a physician, I try to heal the mind before healing the body. That’s why most of my patients get better even before they start any medication.

Drink your Desires to taste your self!

A snake must be treated as a snake, forgiving it every time it showed you its fangs, will not transform into a garland of flowers.

Some people use love as a tool to enslave others

Your true freedom is making your own decisions.

I've known lots of people that are talented and nothing happens. It's not about talent, it's relentless drive.

There is a big difference between the lower samadhis and the upper samadhis, like the difference between the Sierras and the Himalayas.

Boys are stupid and girls are trouble.

I care a lot about what my girlfriend thinks, and my friends, but ultimately it's me in the mirror. I just want to be proud of what I do.

I think the biggest challenges for franchises are keeping them fresh and exciting, and most times, you need a good bad guy to make that thing continually work, and sometimes they don't.