Come Quote by Prunella Scales

When I look back over my novels what I find is that when I think I'm finished with a theme, I'm generally not. And…

— Richard Russo

Maybe that's when bad scripts are written, when you choose the theme first. I consider that I've something to say when I've thought of…

— Russell T Davies

A novel's whole pattern is rarely apparent at the outset of writing, or even at the end; that is when the writer finds out…

— Diane Johnson

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

They say great themes make great novels

— John O'Hara

When you're writing, at least when I'm writing, I don't think about themes and I try not to sermonize with any particular message.

— Ransom Riggs

Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same theme, all his life. For me, this theme as always…

— Alberto Moravia

I don't really do themes. I might accidentally, but themes are an emergent phenomena of the writing of the book, of just trying to…

— Iain Banks

I rather envy writers who do variations on a theme. I like reading those books, but in practice, I can't do it.

— John Lanchester

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

When you can state the theme of a story, when you can separate it from the story itself, then you can be sure the…

— Flannery O'Connor

Theme is great for people who like to approach stories that way, but it's an organizing principle that helps us write a story that…

— Kurt Busiek