Books Quote by Tim Winton

As long as there's a strong theme that I can identify with, that's what makes me interested in writing.

— Bobcat Goldthwait

I'm not sure if a writer should talk about themes. Themes arrive out of the deeper structure and concerns, but to me, the main…

— David Means

I never start with what lots of people think of as a subject or a theme. They're school words, not art words. So, writing…

— Tim Winton

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 love essays, but they're not always the best way to communicate to a larger audience.

— Chris Abani

We never write anything with themes. We just write the same rubbish all the time.

— John Lennon

By the way of connecting with subject, with theme, I was able to find a kind of lifeline. Writing's like a lifeline. You have…

— Joyce Carol Oates

When you've written long enough, you see that there's a common theme in your work.

— Elizabeth Berg

I'm not that sort of writer where I can restrict myself to a theme, just in case nothing good comes of it.

— Joe Lycett

I always set out to tell a good story, to create a character that young people can relate to, place them in a situation…

— Lois Lowry

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

— Chris Pavone

It's very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing.

— Tim O'Brien