Author: Manuel Puig

Quotes

I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you.

I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you.

- 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.

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

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

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

- Manuel Puig

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

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

- Manuel Puig

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

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

- Manuel Puig

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

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.

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

- Manuel Puig

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

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

- Manuel Puig

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

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

- Manuel Puig

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