I haven't been the kind of writer about whom book-length academic studies have been written.

Quote by Manuel Puig

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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of...

The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of...

One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel....

One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel....

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.

What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.

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 would very much like to become a best-selling author.

I would very much like to become a best-selling author.

Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.

Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.

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 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 only understand realism.

I only understand realism.

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,...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

Hitchcock makes it very clear to us. There's an objective and a subjective camera, like...

Hitchcock makes it very clear to us. There's an objective and a subjective camera, like...

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...

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

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

I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my...

I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my...