Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost automatically because the characters are now pulling the story.
“Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models.”
“My greatest pleasure is to invent. My continual mad ambition is to make something true and beautiful that never existed in the world before.”