Manuel Puig

All of my problems are rather complicated - I need an entire novel to deal with them, not a short story or a movie. It's like a personal therapy. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#deal #entire #i #like #movie

I allow my intuition to lead my path. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#i #intuition #lead #path

I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those that are successful. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#anything #believe #i #i believe #i believe that

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

— Manuel Puig

#create #hard #her #his #language

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

— Manuel Puig

#irony #needs #our #power #reduce

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

— Manuel Puig

#dream #dreams #model #nocturnal #simplify

What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#complement #each #i #i think #intellectual

As a rule, one should never place form over content. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#form #never #over #place #rule

Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#book #erred #helped #interpretations #me

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

— Manuel Puig

#certain #feel #happy #i #idiot