Top 61 Quotes by Manuel Puig

The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective.

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

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

I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.

I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.

I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling that sort of thing.

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

Writers are not meant for action.

I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.

For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.