"I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side"
- Manuel Puig
About this Quote
Manuel Puig, a well-known Argentine author, expresses a sense of destiny in his declaration, "I didn't choose literature. Literature picked me. There was no decision on my side." He suggests that he was fated to end up being an author and literature was his calling, rather than being an option he consciously made. In other words, writing was a natural part of him that he needed to express. Puig suggests that this decisionless state is a result of an inherent skill and passion for literature that led him to pursue it as a career. For him, literature was a natural path, and he had no other choice but to follow it.
This quote is written / told by Manuel Puig between December 28, 1932 and July 22, 1990. He/she was a famous Author from Argentina.
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