I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.
Manuel PuigThe writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or her own point of view. If he or she doesn't have a personal point of view, it's impossible to be a creator.
Manuel PuigMy stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.
Manuel Puig