"If it’s great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It’s a positive force." ― Manuel Puig Topic(s): Experience Tags: great, stuff More From Manuel Puig "Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing." "Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed." "I like the beauty of Faulkner’s poetry. But I don’t like his themes, not at all." More In Experience "Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice."― Harry S. Truman "Rhetoric and dialectics can’t change what I have learned from observation and experience."― Paul Getty "I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together."― Margaret Thatcher