When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a story which is hard enough.
Sometimes it's a character you want to play or a story you want to tell. Sometimes it's just to pay the bills.
Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.