Books Quote by Sylvia Day

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

What I like in novels that I read and enjoy is interplay of theme: the mystery of how we seem to be so separate…

— Sebastian Faulks

Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters,…

— Anne Rice

I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.

— Henry James

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

Mostly what ends up inspiring me and affecting my work are books by authors that I love.

— Christine Sneed

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

Writers interest me for their style, their obsessions, the ways in which they approach the world.

— Amitava Kumar

Emerging into writership, I have plans to discover my other themes, of nation and country, love and conflict, the body and transcendence, mutilation and…

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

Transformation, liberation and celebration are the themes of all my novels.

— Tom Robbins

I'm usually writing about survival. I never planned it, but it runs through all my books.

— Mark Kurlansky