Several readers have asked me why there are no commas in my books. Some even thought that the translators made a mistake. Ditto for my use of ellipses (...) in dialogue.
Commas are superfluous. They’re a waste. I never use them. Neither does the great literary genius of Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy. He's written masterpieces that include: Border Trilogy; Blood Meridian; No Country For Old Men; The Road.
Ellipses reflect how people really talk. The great detective and psychological novelist Georges Simenon always used ellipses for character dialogue. People don’t usually talk in perfect sentences. For example: "That’s why I use ellipses . . . in character dialogue. Natural and realistic speech means that people pause . . . they think . . . they lie . . . they get distracted . . . they take a breath . . . they drink or smoke or stare or look away."
