To Walk Into History Is

After Inside Upheavals, It Is Important To Fix On Imperturbable Things. Their Imperturbableness, Their Air That Nothing Has Happened Renews Our Guarantee.

Style Is The Thing That's Always A Bit Phony, And At The Same Time You Cannot Write Without Style.

Nothing Can Happen Nowhere. The Locale Of The Happening Always Colours The Happening, And Often, To A Degree, Shapes It.

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

What Must Novel Dialogue . . . Really Be And Do? It Must Be Pointed, Intentional, Relevant. It Must Crystallize Situation. It Must Express Character. It Must Advance Plot. During Dialogue, The Characters Confront One Another. The Confrontation Is In Itself An Occasion. Each One Of These Occasions, Throughout The Novel, Is Unique.