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Donald E. Westlake: "Ada beberapa penulis yang saya kagumi yang sangat...

"Ada beberapa penulis yang saya kagumi yang sangat pandai memberikan emosi karakter tanpa menyatakan apa itu emosi. Tidak mengatakan "Dia merasa tegang," sebaliknya mengatakan, "Tangannya meremas lebih keras pada lengan kursi," seolah-olah tinggal di luar pria itu. Saya ingin mencoba melakukan itu. Saya ingin memiliki kisah yang sangat emosional di mana emosi para karakter tidak pernah diceritakan secara langsung kepada Anda, tetapi Anda mengerti."

--- Donald E. Westlake

Versi Bahasa Inggris

There are a couple of writers I admired who were very good at giving the character's emotion without stating what that emotion was. Not saying "He was feeling tense," instead saying, "His hand squeezed harder on the chair arm," as if staying outside the guy. I wanted to try doing that. I wanted to have a really emotional story in which the characters' emotions are never straight - out told to you, but you get it.