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?

I just love good movies. And not every movie you're going to end up in is always going to turn out right, but at least walk into it with the right intention.

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.

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.