puig Quotes
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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 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
“What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?”
- 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.”
- Manuel Puig
“For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.”
- 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.”
- 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
“It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.”
- Manuel Puig
“I don't think humor is forced upon my universe it's a part of it.”
- Manuel Puig
“I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.”
- Manuel Puig