Certain Quote by Isabel Allende

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them.

— Isabel Allende

My stories are of gas chambers, shootings, electrified fences, torture, scorching sun, mental abuse, and constant threat of death. But they are also stories…

— Livia Bitton-Jackson

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

As long as there's a strong theme that I can identify with, that's what makes me interested in writing.

— Bobcat Goldthwait

Basically, I'm motivated to write about sociopolitical issues as well as relationships. I think those themes have stayed with me throughout my life.

— Jimmy Cliff

I write what needs to be written the way that seems genuinely right. If what comes out of it are stories, then it is…

— Etgar Keret

It would appear that I just love writing many different stories.

— Sarah Pinborough

I always write about war, love, death, and injustice. There's plenty of that around, so I never run out of ideas.

— Lemmy

All my stories are mainly slice-of-life and rooted to real issues and situations that I have experienced myself.

— Shoojit Sircar

My stories are about humanity, about the challenges of surviving and the constant fight against ignorance, inhumanity and complacency.

— John Kani

Stories hold conflict and contrast, highs and lows, life and death, and the human struggle and all kinds of things.

— David Lynch

So much of life's dramas, good and bad, play out against family and so it's really inspiring for any number of stories in all…

— Peter Hedges