Manuel Puig Quotes About Writing
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I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.
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