Manuel Puig
Manuel Puig
Manuel Puigwas an Argentine author...
NationalityArgentinian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth28 December 1932
way environment individual
Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives.
country writing people
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?
aspiration tropics
My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
writing fantasy memoir
My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.
views needs impossible
The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or her own point of view. If he or she doesn't have a personal point of view, it's impossible to be a creator.
occupation novel great-french
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 thing.
writing film cases
I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.
selling
I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
book kind study
I haven't been the kind of writer about whom book-length academic studies have been written.
novel convince written
I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.
action
Writers are not meant for action.
rock-and-roll names rocks
I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious.
believe character voice
I believe in characters as vehicles of exposition. Their voices are full of hidden clues, and I like to listen to them.
growing-up years saws
Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.