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

— Manuel Puig

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I believe realism is nothing but an analysis of reality. Film scripts have a synthetical constitution. ↗

— Manuel Puig

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I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something. ↗

— Manuel Puig

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

— Manuel Puig

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If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious. ↗

— Manuel Puig

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It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade. ↗

— Manuel Puig

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

— Manuel Puig

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Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing. ↗

— Manuel Puig

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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying. ↗

— Manuel Puig

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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself. ↗

— Pythagoras

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