Manuel Puig
Manuel Puig
Manuel Puigwas an Argentine author...
NationalityArgentinian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth28 December 1932
new-york teaching order
I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.
dream nocturnal synthesis
What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?
north-wind america literature
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.
intuition path instinct
I allow my intuition to lead my path.
character novelists literature
If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.
positive people stuff
If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.
reality cells study
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
needs stories felt
I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.
character trying special
I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's the genesis of all my work.