Quotes by Manuel Puig

About Manuel Puig:

Manuel Puig was an Argentine author.
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My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.

Manuel Puig

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

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?

Manuel Puig

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

Manuel Puig

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

Manuel Puig

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

Manuel Puig

I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling that sort of thing.

Manuel Puig

I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.

Manuel Puig

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.

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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 believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those that are successful.

Manuel Puig

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

Manuel Puig

Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time.

Manuel Puig

I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.

Manuel Puig

I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.

Manuel Puig

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

Manuel Puig

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

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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

What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.

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I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's the genesis of all my work.

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Author Bio

  • NameManuel Puig
  • DescriptionArgentine author and screenwriter
  • BornDecember 28, 1932
  • DiedJuly 22, 1990
  • CountryArgentina
  • ProfessionWriter; Playwright; Screenwriter; Novelist