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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/i-am-very-interested-in-what-has-been-called-bad-taste-i-believe-the/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manuel-puig/)

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> [I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/i-am-only-interested-in-bad-taste-if-i-can-enjoy-a-gruesome-tango-or/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manuel-puig/)

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## Other authors on Bad taste

## More by Manuel Puig

> [I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/i-think-cinema-is-closer-to-allegories-than-to-reality-it-s-closer-to/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manuel-puig/)

> [If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/if-it-s-great-stuff-the-people-who-consume-it-are-nourished-it-s-a/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manuel-puig/)

> [What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/what-s-better-a-poetic-intuition-or-an-intellectual-work-i-think-they/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/modern-american-cinema-seems-to-me-superficial-the-intention-is-to/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manuel-puig/)

> [Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/contrary-to-what-kafka-does-i-always-like-to-refer-all-of-my-fictions/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/i-ve-always-wondered-why-there-isn-t-a-great-french-novel-about-the/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manuel-puig/)

> [I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/i-do-believe-that-reading-can-help-you-understand-what-you-re-writing/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manuel-puig/)

> [Writers are not meant for action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/writers-are-not-meant-for-action/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manuel-puig/)

> [I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/i-don-t-have-traceable-literary-models-because-i-haven-t-had-great/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manuel-puig/)

> [For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/for-someone-who-writes-fiction-in-order-to-activate-the-imagination/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/if-a-spectator-with-a-philosophical-mind-somebody-accustomed-to/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manuel-puig/)

> [What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/what-better-model-of-a-synthesis-than-a-nocturnal-dream-dreams/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manuel-puig/)

> [Hitchcock makes it very clear to us. There's an objective and a subjective camera, like there's a third- and a first-person narrator in literature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/hitchcock-makes-it-very-clear-to-us-there-s-an-objective-and-a/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manuel-puig/)

> [Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/whenever-i-write-i-m-always-thinking-of-the-reader/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manuel-puig/)

> [I only understand realism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manuel-puig/i-only-understand-realism/)

[Manuel Puig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manuel-puig/)

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