The way you speak of the characters in your story shows what you think of the values of conservativesโ or evolution, for example. It shows where your moral center is. So you are in the message business whether you like it or not.
Philip PullmanSeems to me-" Lee said, feeling for the words, "seems to me the place you fight cruelty is where you find it, and the place you give help is where you see it needed.
Philip PullmanWell, I have an idea, usually a visual image of some sort. A setting. A particular, I don't know, urban scene, a particular time of day. Something that grips my imagination for some reason.
Philip Pullman