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Manuel Puig Quotes

Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.

Manuel Puig

Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.

Tags: hope

I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.

Manuel Puig

I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.

Tags: beauty, poetry, like, themes

About Author
Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990), commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author. Among his best-known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth (Betrayed by Rita Hayworth, 1968), Boquitas pintadas (Heartbreak Tango, 1969), and El beso de la mujer araña (Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1976) which was adapted into the film released in 1985, directed by the Argentine-Brazilian director Héctor Babenco; and a Broadway musical in 1993.

For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.

Manuel Puig

For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.

Tags: imagination, free, order, someone

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing it makes you feel like an idiot.

Manuel Puig

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing it makes you feel like an idiot.

Tags: music

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

Manuel Puig

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

Tags: writing

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.

Manuel Puig

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.

Tags: business

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?

Manuel Puig

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?

Tags: dreams

I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.

Manuel Puig

I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.

Tags: dreams

I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.

Manuel Puig

I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.

Tags: fear

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?

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?

Tags: history

It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.

Manuel Puig

It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.

Tags: hope

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.

Manuel Puig

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.

Tags: humor, life, think, need

I don't think humor is forced upon my universe it's a part of it.

Manuel Puig

I don't think humor is forced upon my universe it's a part of it.

Tags: humor, universe, think, part

Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.

Manuel Puig

Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.

Tags: movies

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.

Manuel Puig

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.

Tags: positive, great, people, force

We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.

Manuel Puig

We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.

Tags: power