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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

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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 didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#chose #decision #i #literature #me

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

— Manuel Puig

#every #i #novels #somebody #something

I haven't been the kind of writer about whom book-length academic studies have been written. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#academic #been #haven #i #kind

I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#childhood #copies #excited #films #finished

I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality. ↗

— Manuel Puig

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I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#business #commercialized #i #never #north

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

In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert? ↗

— Manuel Puig

#ancient #back #carry #could #country