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

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

Manuel Puig
- Me
- Decision
- Literature
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 felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

Manuel Puig
- Myself
- Understand
- Need
I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.

Manuel Puig
- Think
- Universe
- Humor
I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.

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

Manuel Puig
- Book
- Kind
- Writer
I only understand realism.

Manuel Puig
- Understand
- Only
- Realism
I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those that are successful.

Manuel Puig
- People
- Life
- Believe

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

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

Manuel Puig
- Dream
- Model
- Better
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
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