For People Who Live On Expectations, To

Have Not All Poetic Truths Been Already Stated? The Essence Of A Poetic Truth Is That No Statement Of It Can Be Final.

Each Piece Of Dialogue Must Be "something Happening". . .the "amusing" For Its Own Sake Should Above All Be Censored. . .the Functional Use Of Dialogue For The Plot Must Be The First Thing In The Writer's Mind. Where Functional Usefulness Cannot Be Established, Dialogue Must Be Left Out.

All My Life I Have Said, "whatever Happens There Will Always Be Tables And Chairs"--and What A Mistake.

Language Is A Mixture Of Statement And Evocation.

Nobody Ever Dies Of An Indignity.