The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!
I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself. - Manuel Puig
I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.
- Manuel Puig
As a rule, one should never place form over content. - Manuel Puig
As a rule, one should never place form over content.
What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they? - Manuel Puig
What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?
I allow my intuition to lead my path. - Manuel Puig
I allow my intuition to lead my path.
Your reality, isn’t restricted by this cell we live in. If you read something, if you study something, you transcend any cell you’re inside of - Manuel Puig
Your reality, isn’t restricted by this cell we live in. If you read something, if you study something, you transcend any cell you’re inside of
I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side. - Manuel Puig
I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed. - Manuel Puig
Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.
The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you'll never be unhappy again. - Manuel Puig
The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you'll never be unhappy again.
For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free. - Manuel Puig
For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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