Certain Quote by James Salter

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

A topic is not interesting enough until it is multi layered. There is no vigor in a motive without many layers. One also learns…

— Odd Nerdrum

Relationships are really what interest me the most. And I think, in the end, they interest most people the most. Even when you read…

— Woody Allen

I always thought that I had a pretty diverse body of work, I mean, as far as subject matter. Teenage rock and roll movie;…

— Richard Linklater

I try to construct each of my novels around one central theme - core tensions shared by the characters.

— Chris Pavone

People can't help what topics cut them deep. It all depends on who's inferring - and what the contexts of their lives are at…

— Sarah Silverman

When I write, I love finding connections between ideas. When the connections are plentiful and strong, then I know it's a pretty good subject…

— William Gurstelle

that's it - hundreds of texts and conversations, thousands upon thousands of words spoken and sent, all boiled down into a single line. is…

— David Levithan

I write across genres so I see them, more often, as complementary instead of separated by boundaries.

— Julianna Baggott

I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There…

— Tracy Chapman

I want to explore different topics and present them in slightly different ways.

— John Ridley

In fact one frequently seemed to gather all sorts of similar information about subjects one had less than profound interest in.

— David Markson