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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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Manuel Puig
Age: 57 †
Born: 1932
Born: December 28
Died: 1990
Died: July 22
Author
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne
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Trying
Work
Locate
Genesis
Special
Literature
Understand
Character

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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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I believe in characters as vehicles of exposition. Their voices are full of hidden clues, and I like to listen to them.
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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 began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.
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I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.
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The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you'll never be unhappy again.
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It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.
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The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective.
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I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.
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