There are certain themes of which the interest is…

You probably have to trust that your work is following certain themes and certain movements, but then the rest is a kind of piecing…

— Jess Walter

Every writer has certain subjects that they write about again and again, and . . . most people's books are just variations on certain themes.

— Christopher Isherwood

I'm pretty much fixated on certain themes. Family, but it's family of choice as much as family of blood. Individuality, yes, but not at…

— Charles de Lint

Art is the retelling of certain themes in a new light, making them accessible to the public of the moment.

— George Lucas

I'd say the biggest relationship is the repetition of certain themes. I don't want to say "topics," but certain points of interest.

— James Salter

I think it's difficult to be honest about certain aspects of my work without acknowledging that I have experienced or felt or questioned certain…

— J. K. Rowling

Interest in certain themes doesn't mandate a personal stake or personal experience of those themes. I've killed people in plays, but no one asks…

— Billy Crudup

I get very driven by certain themes and ideas.

— Alex Winter

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political…

— Isabel Allende

I'm a big believer in 'Trojan horses' - There are certain themes that are more palatable when wrapped in something fun or distracting.

— Marti Noxon

I would spend hours absorbing every intonation, every inflection - how the singer would convey a sentiment and how it would sound coming out…

— Kat Edmonson

Edge also implies what Ben Graham…called a margin of safety. You have a margin of safety when you buy an asset at a price…

— Michael Mauboussin

I bless the gods for not letting my education in rhetoric, poetry, and other literary studies come easily to me, and thereby sparing me…

— Marcus Aurelius

I probably need another couple of years of absorbing that and really looking at it to be able to do it because you actually…

— Colin Hanks

The artist has to be something like a whale swimming with his mouth wide open, absorbing everything until he has what he really needs.

— Romare Bearden