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I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
Manuel Puig
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It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.
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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.
Manuel Puig
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I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.
Manuel Puig
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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
Manuel Puig
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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.
Manuel Puig
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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.
Manuel Puig
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The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or her own point of view. If he or she doesn't have a personal point of view, it's impossible to be a creator.
Manuel Puig
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In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.
Manuel Puig
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I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.
Manuel Puig
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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.
Manuel Puig
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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
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I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.
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What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?
Manuel Puig
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