Manuel Puig said this quote

—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.

~ Manuel Puig

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.

~ Manuel Puig

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

~ Manuel Puig

For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.

~ Manuel Puig