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Manuel Puig Quotes

Argentinian - Author | December 28, 1932 - July 22, 1990

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.

Impossible Universe View Personal

The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!

Language Create Hard Same Task Own

The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective.

Intellectual Fantasy Follow Advantage

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

Good I Am People Young Young People

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

Life Humor Think Need Stories Much

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

Copy Create Pleasure

My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.

Writing Fantasy Write Old Days Only

My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

Live Always Greatest Aspiration

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.

Growing Up Growing Movies Quick Up

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.

Me Reality American Result Intention

Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives.

Environment Way Individual He Our

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.

Political Hands Party Be Careful He

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