77 Quotes by Tanya Saracho

There is no 'generic' Latina.

Young men and women of color get told 'no' by so many people. But just listen to your inner voice. Amplify it. Make it strong!

When you're a starving artist, you make do. It didn't matter that I didn't know where my rent was coming from.

Write about your experiences! When I moved to L.A., I didn't have any friends, and the office janitor was the person who I saw the most. He would always come in at around 10:00 P.M., and I would still be at my desk, so I wrote a play about a first-year TV writer and the friendship that she developed with the janitor. Our stories matter.

Putting on makeup before work is a meditative exercise. It incites me to think about how I'll tackle my day.

The big, radical thing that I'm trying to do is to portray Latinas as complex human beings.

It's mountains. The air is crisp. It's peaceful. You don't get spring break in Guanajuato.

When you get a bunch of Latinxs together, we get to handle our stories. A cultural shorthand happens.

You can't visit Guanajuato without going to the mummy museum.