Manuel Puig Quotes

Argentina, Writer
December 28, 1932 – July, 22, 1990.

Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990) was an Argentine author. Among his best-known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth (Betrayed by Rita Hayworth, 1968), Boquitas pintadas (Heartbreak Tango, 1969), and El beso de la mujer araña (Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1976) which was adapted into the film released in 1985, directed by the Argentine-Brazilian director Héctor Babenco; and a Broadway musical in 1993.

Also known as Playwright, Screenwriter

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

Manuel Puig
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
- People
- Country
- History

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot.

Manuel Puig
- Music
- Happy
- Rock
I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.

Manuel Puig
- Me
- Decision
- Literature
I haven't been the kind of writer about whom book-length academic studies have been written.

Manuel Puig
- Book
- Kind
- Writer
Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives.

Manuel Puig
I only understand realism.

Manuel Puig
- Understand
- Only
- Realism
I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.

Manuel Puig

I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those that are successful.

Manuel Puig
- People
- Life
- Believe
I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's the genesis of all my work.

Manuel Puig
- Work
- Character
- Problem
What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?

Manuel Puig
- Dream
- Model
- Better
Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level.

Manuel Puig
- Reality
- Hand
- Always
Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time.

Manuel Puig
- Time
- Work
- Book