Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying. – Manuel Puig
If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same kind of information in a movie, he might not fully understand it. – Manuel Puig
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
I don’t have traceable literary models because I haven’t had great literary influences in my life. – Manuel Puig
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 write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer. – Manuel Puig
We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn’t use irony to reduce their power. – Manuel Puig
The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective. – Manuel Puig
Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed. – Manuel Puig
Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality. – Manuel Puig
I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you. – Manuel Puig
I believe that people who don’t achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those that are successful. – Manuel Puig
I’ve always wondered why there isn’t a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren’t interested in telling that sort of thing. – Manuel Puig
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