102 Quotes by Manuel Puig

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.

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.

I would very much like to become a best-selling author.

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

Writers are not meant for action.

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

I believe in characters as vehicles of exposition. Their voices are full of hidden clues, and I like to listen to them.

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.

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.