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Inspirational Quotes by Manuel Puig
- I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.
- I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.
- Your reality, isn’t restricted by this cell we live in. If you read something, if you study something, you transcend any cell you’re inside of
- I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.
- I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.
- My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
- 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…
- I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
- I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.
- Writers are not meant for action.
- Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.
- My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
- I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
- I allow my intuition to lead my path.
- I only understand realism.
- I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
- As a rule, one should never place form over content.
- I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
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