I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones. – Manuel Puig
If its great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. Its a positive force. – Manuel Puig
It doesnt matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope. – Manuel Puig
Ive never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized. – Manuel Puig
The fear of the never-ending onslaught of gizmos and gadgets is nothing new. The radio, the telephone, Facebook – each of these inventions changed the world. Each of them scared the heck out of an older generation. And each of them was invented by people who were in their 20s. – Daniel H. Wilson
Very gay they were with snow and sleigh-bells, holly-boughs, and garlands, below, and Christmas sunshine in the winter sky above. All faces shone, all voices had a cheery ring, and everybody stepped briskly on errands of good-will. – Louisa May Alcott, “Seamstress,” Work: A Story of Experience, 1873