puig Quotes

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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?”

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

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

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