Manuel Puig

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

"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."

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

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

"I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones."

"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?"