pinter's 'a note on shakespeare'

"The mistake they make, most of them, is to attempt to determine and calculate, with the finest instruments, the source of the wound. They seek out the gaps between the apparent and the void that hinges upon it, with all due tautness. They turn to the wound with deference, a lance, and a needle and thread.

The fabric never breaks. The wound is open. The wound is contained. The wound is peopled."