A memoir is a book about some particular thread or theme or moment in a person's life, whereas an autobiography is the… — Richard Hell Copy Share Image
I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Often you will find the opposite situation. The author seems to have interesting ideas, but he is not able to illustrate them… — Mark Dvoretsky Copy Share Image
There is one universal truth: All women, all over the world, want to look beautiful. That is always the theme of my… — Prabal Gurung Copy Share Image
My favorite sci-fi always uses its hook to amplify some bigger theme or idea - some emotional thrust. — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
We learnt a lot because we got in with real choreographers who tell you what they need from a song, because a… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
Over the years I've never written or made movies about political themes 'cause while they do have current critical importance, in the… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I genuinely was just such a fan of the books. When I heard that this was on the cards, I've got to… — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
The systems approach to biology will be the dominant theme in medicine. — Leroy Hood Copy Share Image
I love the supporting characters because you get to do more, to be totally honest. It's been sort of a theme with… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
In 1969, I wrote a musical called 'Mother Earth.' It was a rock musical with an ecology theme. We did it at… — Toni Tennille Copy Share Image
At another level, though, poems can craft an eraser - we can't revise the past, but poems allow us some malleability, an… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
I have to laugh because despite the destruction, we cannot let 'them' steal our pleasure. That is always the theme of my… — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My opening line to my students, and a recurring theme in my classes, was that the big design problem isn't designing a… — Richard Saul Wurman Copy Share Image
It's practically my subject, my theme: solitude and community; the weirdness and terrors of solitude: the stifling and consolations of community. Also,… — Derek Mahon Copy Share Image
A theme that appears repeatedly in the writings of the social critics of the second half of the 20th century is the… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
What is high birth to him to whom high birth has never been the theme of his contemplation? What is a throne… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
If you write fiction you are, in a sense, corrupted. There's a tremendous corruptibility for the fiction writer because you're dealing mainly… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that… — Atom Egoyan Copy Share Image
You can't write about history without writing about politics at some point. History is about movements of people. 'What is criminality and… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
The best diet for overall health, and specifically for heart, brain, and cancer risk reduction, is a diet that's aggressively low in… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
I'm also working on a track for Howard Hewett, and a theme for a new NPR show. — George Duke Copy Share Image
The YA category is an entirely new one, and seems to have more to do with readability than with age group or… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
