Quotes by Manuel Puig

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

—And whats so bad about being soft like a woman? Why is it men or whoever, some poor bastard, some queen, cant be sensitive, too, if hes got a mind to? —I dont know, but sometimes that kind of behavior can get in a mans way.—When? When it comes to torturing?”—No, when it comes to being finished with the torturers.”—But if men acted like women there wouldnt be anymore torturers.

--And the good thing about feeling happy, you know, Valentin? ...Its that you think its forever, that ones never ever going to feel unhappy again.

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

I dont think humor is forced upon my universe its a part of it.

If its great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. Its a positive force.

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

I like the beauty of Faulkners poetry. But I dont like his themes, not at all.