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Quotes by Manuel Puig
- I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.
- I don't think humor is forced upon my universe it's a part of it.
- I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.
- I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.
- I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing it makes you feel like an idiot.
- I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.
- If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.
- In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?
- Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.
- It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.
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