Sometimes you want to say things, and you're missing an idea to make them with, and missing a word to make the idea with. In the beginning was the word. That's how somebody tried to explain it once. Until something is named, it doesn't exist.
Samuel R. DelanyI want to read about a character doing something fairly quiet where I can picture who the character is, and what their attitude towards the world is - which I'm a lot more interested in than what they do under the pressure of a gunfight.
Samuel R. DelanyItโs a very new, not to mention vulgar, idea that the spectatorโs experience should be identical to, or even have anything to do with, the artistโs.
Samuel R. Delany