Manuel Puig

I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#humor #i #part #think #universe

I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#i #i can #least #name #names

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#i #myself #need #stories #tell

I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#had #half #hour #hours #i

I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#every #i #novels #somebody #something

I haven't been the kind of writer about whom book-length academic studies have been written. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#academic #been #haven #i #kind

I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#faulkner #his #i #like #poetry

I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's the genesis of all my work. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#genesis #i #locate #problem #special

I only understand realism. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#only #realism #understand

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#certain #feel #happy #i #idiot