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Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality.

~Manuel Puig

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Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives.

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It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade.

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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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It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.

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Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.

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In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.

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In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?

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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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If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.

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Biography

Nationality: Argentinian

Type: Author

Born: December 28th, 1932

Died: July 22nd, 1990

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