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Continue to ChatI really love James Joyce, Dubliners and other work. And I was interested in the way the dash was used in English topography - in his work particularly - and I realized there was no compulsion to use those ugly dot-dot curlicues all over the place to designate dialogue. I began to look around, and found writers who could make transitions quite clear by the language itself. I'm a bit of a maverick now. I'm always trying to push the medium. - John Edgar Wideman from https://whatsmyquote.com/quote/i-really-love-james-joyce-dubliners-and-other-work-and-i-was-interested-in-the-way-the-dash-was-used-in