“It takes a long time to write a book. I'm not going to spend that much time trying to deliver a message. The reason I do it is because I want to understand something myself. It's not a delivery device, it's an inquiry device. Didactic fiction to my mind never works. It backfires.” WantWritingTryingMindLongBookReasonFictionMessagesLong TimeDevicesWorking ItInquiryDeliveryDidacticBackfire Author:Ruth Ozeki
“My books deliberately provide no answers or messages. Im drilled in the habit of objectivity and also aware that the steady drip of fiction has more power than facts to shape opinion, so I handle it with caution.” BookFactsAnswersFictionOpinionHabitShapesMessagesHandleSteadyCautionObjectivity Author:Karen Traviss
“I really believe that fiction functions best when stories are allowed to develop in an organic way, so I didn't set out to deliver a specific message.” WayBelieveStoriesFictionMessagesFunction Author:Karen Thompson Walker
“Great fiction can often present moral messages with greater power and clarity than instructional writing - since literature, after all, penetrates not just the intellect, but the imagination.” WritingLiteratureImaginationFictionMoralGreaterMessagesIntellectClarityPenetrateGreater Power Author:Charles Colson
“Blade Runner is one of my favorite films. But, so many thing influenced me that aren't science fiction because they were just good drama. I grew up watching a lot of French cinema. I was in love with The English Patient, and movies that are very romantic in nature and have a positive message. That's a large part of my fingerprint.” FilmFictionGrewDramaMessagesGrew UpScience FictionPatientMy FavoriteCinemaRunnersBladesFingerprintsVery RomanticBlade RunnerPositive MessagesGood DramaFrench Cinema Author:J.H. Wyman
“When I write fiction, I never try to deliver a message; I just want to tell a story. But I admit that I want the story to be memorable and the characters to touch the reader's heart.” WantWritingTryingHeartCharacterStoriesFictionReaderMessagesMemorable Author:Isabel Allende
“The Israel stories were really hard for me to write, because I think that my book is very much about politics, but it isn't political. It really was important for me to not have a political agenda at all, because I have a hard time stomaching any political fiction that feels message-y.” ThinkingFeelsWritingImportantBookHardStoriesPoliticalFictionMessagesIsraelHard TimesAgendasPolitical Agendas Author:Molly Antopol
“Sometimes journalists ask me, "What's the message?" There is no message. I think that fiction should not be trying to give messages. Just tell a story.” ThinkingGivingShouldTryingSometimesStoriesAsksFictionMessagesJournalistAsk Me Author:Isabel Allende