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