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 Copy Share Image
Continual improvisation on a theme is a more useful way to think of how to bring the various parts of life together. — Stewart D. Friedman Copy Share Image
My needs were simple I didn't bother much with themes or felicitous phrases and skipped fine descriptions of weather, landscapes and interiors.… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
The life of reality is confused, disorderly, almost always without apparent purpose, whereas in the artist's imaginative life there is purpose. There… — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
I could name many women who travel or who work with America as a theme. I think it was more not being… — Cynthia Daignault Copy Share Image
There have been so many stories about alcoholism and drugs. Eating disorders are also a form of abuse, but rarely a theme… — Sanna Lenken Copy Share Image
Beauty is a complex theme, for sure. We all have a different concept and opinion regarding it, but we all like to… — Elle Fanning Copy Share Image
As a dialectical teacher, I have had many lives where I have taught Zen and Tibetan Buddhism and mysticism. I teach in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The weirdest thing I've been fascinated with nowadays is the new contemporary country music, which to me sounds like very strange '70s… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
It is remarkable how a man cannot summarize his thoughts in even the most general sort of way without betraying himself completely,… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
For not by art does the poet sing, but by power divine. Had he learned by rules of art, he would have… — Plato Copy Share Image
The recurring theme for me internally is, 'I was content with what I was doing until something way better just showed up.' — Paul Walter Hauser Copy Share Image
My first work in comics had an Adult theme and I had to create a nom du plume to separate that work… — Holly Golightly Copy Share Image
I think that books for young people should have serious and important themes, they shouldn't be trivial. So the books I write,… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
The Pink Panther is legendary, but a lot of people my age haven't ever seen the original. So, I think it's great… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
Painting is traditional but for me that doesn't mean the academy. I felt a need to paint; I love painting. It was… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
Some writers find that they don't know their themes until they've finished the first draft (I am one). They then rewrite with… — Nancy Kress Copy Share Image
I have struggled for decades now with the fear of and resistance to change - mostly in the realms of technology, transportation,… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
If you read my books, especially the Star Trek books and the Quest for Tomorrow books, you'll see in them the core… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
The humor and emotion of the 'Do You Want to Build a Snowman' theme makes me cry every time I watch it,… — Edward Kitsis Copy Share Image
Men treat God's sovereignty as a theme for controversy, but in Scripture it is matter for worship. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do like to make films with a political theme, but sometimes it's nice simply to make people laugh. That's the hardest… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
The soul of wit may become the very body of untruth. However elegant and memorable, brevity can never, in the nature of… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms.… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
