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I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.Manuel Puig
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–And what's so bad about being soft like a woman? Why is it men or whoever, some poor bastard, some queen, can't be sensitive, too, if he's got a mind to? –I don't know, but sometimes that kind of behavior can get in a man's way.– When? When it comes to torturing?”– No, when it comes to being finished with the torturers.”– But if men acted like women there wouldn't be anymore torturers.Manuel Puig
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--And the good thing about feeling happy, you know, Valentin? ...It's that you think it's forever, that one's never ever going to feel unhappy again.Manuel Puig
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My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.Manuel Puig
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I don't think humor is forced upon my universe it's a part of it.Manuel Puig
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If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.Manuel Puig
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.Manuel Puig
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I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.Manuel Puig