Ask me Quote by Isabel Allende

When I write fiction, I never try to deliver a message; I just want to tell a story. But I admit that I want…

— Isabel Allende

I really believe that fiction functions best when stories are allowed to develop in an organic way, so I didn't set out to deliver…

— Karen Thompson Walker

I'm trying to think overall. Some of our stories [Black Mirror], I think you're right in that they don't tend to have a message.

— Charlie Brooker

I believe that authors don't have a responsibility to include "messages" in their work, but they do have a responsibility to write a world…

— Cassandra Clare

“What is the one message that only you can give? It's your story.”

— J.R. Rim

“Communication isn't about telling our story. That's undisciplined, self-indulgent, and often illusory. The power of communication is getting audiences to listen--and to care.”

— Helio Fred Garcia

In my books I try to tell a good story, not give messages.

— Avi

I like delivering a message, but what I find interesting is providing those details in a different context. Then the readers can make up…

— Jeff VanderMeer

If you want to burrow a message into a human mind. Work it into a story

— Jonathan Gottschall

I don't set out to transmit a message. I don't write with a political point of view. There are no religious overtones. Looking back…

— Lois Lowry

Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets,lies,stories. We all tell them. Sometimes,because we hope to entertain. Sometimes,because we need to distract. And sometimes,…

— Jodi Picoult

I think sometimes writers must attempt to communicate the incommunicable, because, whether they wish it or not, they're the ones to whom it falls.

— Richard Flanagan