The Man You Love Cooking For You

When I Devoted Myself To Poetry - And Poetry Is A Very Serious Medium - I Don't Think The People That Knew Me As An Individual With That Tongue-in-cheek Kind Of Humor...well, It Didn't Always Lend Itself To My Poetry. When You're Writing Poetry, It's Like Working With Gold, You Can't Waste Anything. You Have To Be Very Economical With Each Word You're Going To Select. But When You're Writing Fiction, You Can Just Go On And On; You Can Be More Playful. My Editor's Main Task Is To Cut Back, Not Ask For More.

You Know You Have That Zealousness Of The Young Person That Feels Like You Can Go Out And Do It All. You Know You Save The World, Save Your Gente, Save Women And Before You Know It If You Try To Do That You Will Burn Out Very Quickly. My Feeling Is That I Always Think That And My Advice To Young People Regardless Of What Times In These Decades We've Been Living In There's Always Work To Be Done. The Point Is What Can You Do Personally That You Can Live With So That You Can Get Up The Next Morning And Have The Strength To Start It All Over Again.

For Things To Have Value In Man's World, They Are Given The Role Of Commodities. Among Man's Oldest And Most Constant Commodity Is Woman.

When I Hear That Jennifer Lopez Is Such A Role Model For Latinas, On The One Hand I Respect Her For Her Business Sense And I Respect Her For Her Ambition. But She's In The Entertainment World. She's Done It On Her Looks And Very Specifically On Her Anatomy. Madonna Is Also Considered A Great Businesswoman And So Is Yoko Ono. I Feel If I Had A Young Daughter Right Now, I Would Feel A Little Discouraged If That Was My Daughter's Primary Role Model For Success And For Young People, For Latinas And Latinos.

Poverty Has Its Advantages. When You're That Poor What Would You Have That Anyone Would Want? Except Your Peace Of Mind. Your Dignity. Your Heart. The Important Things.