As a rule, one should never place form over content.

Quote by Manuel Puig

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I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.

I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.

Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for...

Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for...

I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear...

I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear...

I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The...

I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The...

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

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

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

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

I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.

I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.

If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is...

If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is...

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality,...

Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality,...

Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their...

Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their...

I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.

I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.

I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty...

I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty...

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?

In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.

In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.

I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those...

I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those...

I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or...

I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or...

It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade.

It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade.

I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them...

I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them...

I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and...

I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and...