The theater man knows that he must involve the audience. He understands structure more than anyone else -- the logical evolving of one event into another event without losing the audiences's attention.
Source: Ludlum on Ludlum, Epilog in The Road to Gandolfo, 1975.
-- Robert Ludlum, (May 25 1927-2001), US novelist; His thrillers include The Bourne Identity.