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.

Manuel Puig

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I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself. by Manuel Puig

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

literature stories needs

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

cells study reality

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It'... by Manuel Puig

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.

stuff positive people

I allow my intuition to lead my path. by Manuel Puig

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

instinct intuition path

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.

north-wind united-states america

If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.

novelists literature character

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams s... by Manuel Puig

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?

nocturnal synthesis dream

It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was pho... by Manuel Puig

It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.

hollywood matter way

As a rule, one should never place form over content. by Manuel Puig

As a rule, one should never place form over content.

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.

stay-strong teaching new-york

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?

writing country people

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.

great-french occupation novel

For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.

imagination writing order

Being a man (male "macho") does not give you right to anything. by Manuel Puig

Being a man (male "macho") does not give you right to anything.

males giving men

Writers are not meant for action. by Manuel Puig

Writers are not meant for action.

My pleasure was to copy, not to create. by Manuel Puig

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

copies pleasure

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young pe... by Manuel Puig

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.

madness teaching people

It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the nove... by Manuel Puig

It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade.

facade aesthetic novel

I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's clos... by Manuel Puig

I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.

dream reality thinking

Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level.

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