" I would write:" The soft melting hunk of butter trickled in gold down the stringy grooves of the split yam." Or:" The child's clumsy fingers fumbled in sleep, feeling vainly for the wish of its dream." " The old man huddled in the dark doorway, his bony face lit by the burning yellow in the windows of distant skycrapers." My purpose was to capture a physical state or movement that carried a strong subjective impression, an accomplishment which seemed supremely worth struggling for. If I could fasten the mind of the reader upon words so firmly that he would forget words and be conscious only of his response, I felt that I would be in sight of knowing how to write narrative. "