I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.
More Quotes from Manuel Puig:
If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same kind of information in a movie, he might not fully understand it.Manuel Puig
I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood.
Manuel Puig
Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
Manuel Puig
The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!
Manuel Puig
In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.
Manuel Puig
I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious.
Manuel Puig
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Our life is half natural and half technological. Half-and-half is good. You cannot deny that high-tech is progress. We need it for jobs. Yet if you make only high-tech, you make war. So we must have a strong human element to keep modesty and natural life.
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My dad taught me true words you have to use in every relationship. Yes, baby.
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