#ay

The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#black #boycott #certain #church #films

I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#bad #bad taste #been #believe #called

I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#began #i #immigration #issue #needed

I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#i #i can #least #name #names

You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#grab #law #must #obey #only

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

— Manuel Puig

#environment #how #illustrates #individual #kafka

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

— Manuel Puig

#after #days #directing #fantasy #i

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

— Manuel Puig

#being #certain #essayist #fantasy #follow

Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#i #i write #reader #thinking #whenever

I also turn down what's probably a good amount of coinage to be made out of playing dads, an incredible number of obnoxious dad. ↗

— Bill Pullman

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