Art Quote by Orson Scott Card

Ideas for stories come in really different terms and really different ways for me. Sometimes they're from books, sometimes they're just kind of out…

— Brian Evenson

I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they…

— Doris Lessing

We are living in an era of such interesting new forms, and certainly narrative non-fiction has emerged as a major form. People who are…

— Daniel Mendelsohn

I do not think writers or anybody would sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they…

— Doris Lessing

I tend to describe recurring themes as being part of a writer's DNA - something so deeply embedded in us that even we don't…

— Sara Zarr

“The human condition is such that we can only stomach so much imagination. We need for things to be labeled either fiction or nonfiction.…

— J. W. Lord

I can see myself wanting to write a historical novel - you don't need to worry about references to reality TV or pop music,…

— Irvine Welsh

I had originally been looking at writing, including fiction.

— Ben Rhodes

I'm interested in the possibility of fiction which straddles narrative and essay.

— Susan Sontag

Strip away the morphing landscapes and rips in the space-time continuum, and my stories are about things that novels have always been about: love…

— Steve Erickson

“I believe that a writer should never attempt a contemporary theme or a very precise topography. Otherwise people are immediately going to find mistakes.…

— Fernando Sorrentino

There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book.

— Philip Pullman