Manuel Puig
Manuel Puig
Manuel Puigwas an Argentine author...
NationalityArgentinian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth28 December 1932
men giving males
Being a man (male "macho") does not give you right to anything.
pleasure copies
My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
intellectual patterns subjectivity
The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective.
writing simple ukulele
I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood.
hygiene tardiness literature
Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
humor thinking universe
I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.
humor thinking stories
My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.
believe reading writing
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 information can act as an inhibitor.
beauty theme
I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.
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.
writing thinking reader
Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.