Quotes by 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?

I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.

I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It’s closer to our dreams.

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

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.