"We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power."
-Manuel Puig
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"Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.“
-Manuel Puig
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"If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force."
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"I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all."
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"I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing it makes you feel like an idiot."
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"For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free."
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"I don't think humor is forced upon my universe it's a part of it."
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