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!

If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.