Top 61 Quotes by Manuel Puig

Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality.

My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.

I would very much like to become a best-selling author.

It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied.

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.

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.

Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level.

The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!

I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.