Nothing so completely verifies our perception of a thing as our killing of it.

The spaces between the perceiver and the thing perceived can [...] be closed with a shout of recognition.

Think of any great man or woman. How can you separate them from the years in which they lived? You can't. Their greatness lies in their response to that moment.

And what you do is you go into where your anger is, if you're writing anger, you go into where your hatred is, if you're writing hatred. Your joy is, if you're writing joy. You find the source of the energy that draws hatred, anger, joy, etc., etc., etc. That's what you have to find. That's what you do as an actor and that's what you do as a writer. And you bring people to the page.

Literature was intended to be dangerous. Art was meant to be dangerous. Ideas were nothing if they were not dangerous.

... too much brooding, not enough doing.

They waited. The door did not open. The rain did not stop. The darkness made a tent and covered them completely.