Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Manuel Puig Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Argentina
  • Born: Dec 28, 1932
  • Died: Jul 22, 1990

Manuel Puig was an Argentine author. Among his best known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth, Boquitas pintadas, and El beso de la mujer araña, which was made into a film by the Argentine-Brazilian director Héctor Babenco, and in 1993 into a Broadway musical.

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

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

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force. positive

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

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

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

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

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

I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all. beauty & poetry

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

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

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