Quotes & anectdotes from
the wise,
the foolish,
the courageous &
the drunk

Manuel Puig Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Argentina
  • Born: Dec 28, 1932
  • Died: Jul 22, 1990

Manuel Puig was an Argentine author. Among his best known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth, Boquitas pintadas, and El beso de la mujer araña, which was made into a film by the Argentine-Brazilian director Héctor Babenco, and in 1993 into a Broadway musical.

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

I don't think humor is forced upon my universe it's a part of it.

I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing it makes you feel like an idiot.

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

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

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

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

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

We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.

It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.