#cons

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#discovery #eyes #having #landscapes #new

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#could #expunge #gladly #him #his

What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#constitution #everyone #i #i am #just

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

— Manuel Puig

#essential #fiction #free #imagination #order

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

— Manuel Puig

#believe #constitution #film #i #i believe

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

— Manuel Puig

#consume #force #great #great stuff #nourished

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

— Manuel Puig

#characters #her #his #novelist #personal

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

— Manuel Puig

#creates #facade #my own #novel #own

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

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

#disposable #fine #growing #growing up #i