Classic Quote by Adrian Hodges

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political…

— Isabel Allende

The themes in my books, like in life, are about grace and redemption and you never know when they're going to show up and…

— Kate DiCamillo

I don't have to live the lives of my characters to write about them. It's about really putting yourself in their shoes.

— Jodi Picoult

Sometimes, I have themes that interest me or that touch on larger issues but, really, I'm just trying to figure out the plot, or…

— Brian Selznick

I'm not thinking much about overall themes or preoccupations or anything like that. Instead I'm just trusting that, if I'm working hard, various notions…

— George Saunders

I like the stories with the historical themes.

— Sarah Sutton

There's definitely a feeling with a short story that it's pure story telling. You're not really worried about theme. You're not going to stay…

— Neil Gaiman

I think there is something about a story that is enduring. Stories take on a life of their own.

— Max Lucado

I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own.

— Ruta Sepetys

I'm mostly interested in characters and how they manifest themselves in their relationships. I'm delighted that people relate to the characters in 'Bojack,' and…

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

There is a common theme, though, in the stories I have told, which are usually associations of characters or families that are formed outside…

— Gus Van Sant

I think the good stories are those where the character decides to break away and do something different.

— Keri Russell