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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.

Manuel Puig

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Manuel Puig
Age: 57 †
Born: 1932
Born: December 28
Died: 1990
Died: July 22
Author
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne
Writing
Films
Like
Saws
Ukulele
Started
Movie
Copies
Literature
Scripts
Simple
Finished
Didn
Excited
Film
Childhood

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