<P> The book's title stems from a quote from musician Lead Belly, appearing on page 66: </P> <Ul> <Li> Huddie Ledbetter, also known as Leadbelly, said: You take a knife, you use it to cut the bread, so you'll have strength to work; you use it to shave, so you'll look nice for your lover; on discovering her with another, you use it to cut out her lying heart . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Huddie Ledbetter, also known as Leadbelly, said: You take a knife, you use it to cut the bread, so you'll have strength to work; you use it to shave, so you'll look nice for your lover; on discovering her with another, you use it to cut out her lying heart . </Li> <P> Another more significant quote from the book: "The subject of drama is The Lie . At the end of the drama THE TRUTH--which has been overlooked, disregarded, scorned, and denied--prevails . And that is how we know the Drama is done ." (1) </P>

Three uses of the knife on the nature and purpose of drama