“The three golden things to do in life is very simple. Live, Life, Learn. Find the fourth L and your life is perfect.”

“What's the purpose of being with someone if they don't change your life? She said that, and Julio was present when she said it: that life only had purpose if you found someone who changed it, who destroyed your life.”

“stupid americastupid america, see thatchicanowith a big knifeon his steady handhe doesn’t want to knife youhe wants to sit on a benchand carve christfiguresbut you won’t let him.stupid america, hear thatchicanoshouting curses on the streethe is a poetwithout paper and penciland since he cannot writehe will explode.stupid america, rememberthat chicanoflunking math and englishhe is the picassoof your western statesbut he will diewith one thousandmasterpieceshanging only from his mind.”

“The most precious things I have in my life were not bought, they were earned.”

“Freedom is an absolute state, there is no such thing as being half-free.”

“What I am trying to do when I use symbols is to awaken in your unconscious some reaction. I am very conscious of what I am using because symbols can be very dangerous. When we use normal language we can defend ourselves because our society is a linguistic society, a semantic society. But when you start to speak, not with words, but only with images, the people cannot defend themselves.”

“I don't live in France, I live in myself.”