Manuel Puig

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

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

Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives.

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.

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.