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Manuel Puig Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.



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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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If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.



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