Theme Quotes

698 quotes by 612 authors

There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is… — Edward Zwick
New earths, new themes expect us. — Henry David Thoreau
Illusion - or rather appearance, semblance - is the theme of my life (could be theme of speech welcoming freshmen to the Academy). All that… — Gerhard Richter
Some writers find that they don't know their themes until they've finished the first draft (I am one). They then rewrite with an eye toward… — Nancy Kress
The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn. — Pat Metheny
The theme is the theme of humiliation, which is the square root of sin, as opposed to the freedom from humiliation, and love, which is… — Carson McCullers
The AIDS epidemic has rolled back a big rotting log and revealed all the squirming life underneath it, since it involves, all at once, the… — Edmund White
I don't want to deal with big, grand themes in my stories; art has nothing to do with themes. When you deal with themes, you… — Tatyana Tolstaya
There is a common theme, though, in the stories I have told, which are usually associations of characters or families that are formed outside of… — Gus Van Sant
I hear filmmakers saying, 'I wanted to make to make a film about this issue, or this theme,' but I never start like that. — Andrea Arnold
Beginning writers are often advised to 'write what you know,' and since I knew about quilters - their quirks, their inside jokes, their disputes and… — Jennifer Chiaverini
A lot of the themes of my movies, the actual stories, come from tabloid stories. — Errol Morris
I began to write a kind of waltz and in a little more than an hour I had the theme written. — Maurice Jarre
Themes recur again and again in my work. — Eve Arnold
We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme of 'how do we find… — Annette Bening
I knew I wanted to write on religious themes when I was a GI in World War II. I saw and experienced so much violence… — Dave Brubeck
I really don't have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me to the final sculpture. I think that is true for… — Jimmy Carl Black
I don't really do themes. I might accidentally, but themes are an emergent phenomena of the writing of the book, of just trying to get… — Iain Banks
When I celebrated my bar mitzvah, there was no cake. Today, there is no such thing as a bar mitzvah in the United States without… — Ron Ben-Israel
One of the great themes in American literature is the individual's confrontation with the vast open spaces of the continent. — Justin Cronin

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