We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.
Manuel PuigThe translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!
Manuel PuigI write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.
Manuel PuigI'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot.
Manuel Puig