Beyond words …

 … Saying the Unsayable, and Listening to Silence: Jon Fosse on How Writing Plays Transformed His Craft. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

… when I wrote plays, I could use silent speech—I could use silence—in a completely different way. All I had to do was write ‘pause’ and the silent speech was right there. This word ‘pause’ is without a doubt the most important word in my plays, and the one I use the most often: “long pause,” “short pause,” or just “pause.”