Manuel Puig quotes

I allow my intuition to lead my path. (Manuel Puig)
The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard! View quote
Manuel Puig
If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force. View quote
Manuel Puig
I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer. View quote
Manuel Puig
I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all. View quote
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Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality. View quote
Manuel Puig
It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied. View quote
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It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade. View quote
Manuel Puig
I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself. View quote
Manuel Puig
Your reality, isn't restricted by this cell we live in. If you read something, if you study something, you transcend any cell you're inside of. View quote
Manuel Puig
If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious. (Manuel Puig)
The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you'll never be unhappy again. View quote
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Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed. View quote
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I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side. View quote
Manuel Puig
As a rule, one should never place form over content. View quote
Manuel Puig
For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free. View quote
Manuel Puig
In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert? View quote
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Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time. View quote
Manuel Puig
I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue. View quote
Manuel Puig
If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same kind of information in a movie, he might not fully understand it. View quote
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying. (Manuel Puig)
Writers are not meant for action. View quote
Manuel Puig
My pleasure was to copy, not to create. View quote
Manuel Puig
I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams. View quote
Manuel Puig
Tardiness in literature can make me nervous. View quote
Manuel Puig