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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.

Manuel Puig

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Manuel Puig
Age: 57 †
Born: 1932
Born: December 28
Died: 1990
Died: July 22
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Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne
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My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
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I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's the genesis of all my work.
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I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.
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Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time.
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I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you.
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