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

Quote by Manuel Puig

Topics: Manuel Puig Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political...

It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political...

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

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

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...

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

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?

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

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

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it...

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it...

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...

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

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

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.

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States....

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States....

If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same...

If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same...

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

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

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,...

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...