Quotes from Manuel Puig

And what's so bad about being soft like a woman? Why is it men or whoever, some poor bastard, some queen, can't be sensitive, too, if he's got a mind to? —I don't know, but sometimes that kind of behavior can get in a man's way. —When? When it comes to torturing?" —No, when it comes to being finished with the torturers." —But if men acted like women there wouldn't be anymore torturers.

But you have to reason it out then and convince yourself. - Yes, but there are reasons of the heart that reason doesn't encompass.

ustedes son hermosos el uno para el otro, porque se quieren y ya no se ven sino el alma, ¿es tan difícil de comprender acaso?

Norma Shearer: Mas si por miedo has de buscar en el Amor sólo paz y placer, entonces mejor será que pases de largo por su umbral, rumbo al mundo sin inviernos ni primaveras ni veranos, donde reirás, pero no a carcajadas, y llorarás, pero no todas tus lágrimas.

Es curioso que uno no puede estar sin encariñarse con algo… Es… como si la mente segregara sentimiento, sin parar…

por qué llorar... por qué sufrir...Callar mi dicha quisiera, ...que el mundo no lo supiera, ...mas grita dentro de mi... esta ansiedad de vivir...para querer...Estoy feliz, ...también lo estás, ...me quieres tú, ... te quiero más...Estoy tan enamorado, que ya olvidé lo pasado, ...y hoy me siento feliz, ...porque te he visto... llorar por mí

Io non ci credo alla faccenda del godi e non pensare al domani, Molina. Nessuno gode senza pensare al domani. Va bene solo per il paradiso terrestre.

I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.

My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.