Theme Quotes

698 quotes by 612 authors

The main question in drama, the way I was taught, is always, 'What does the protagonist want?' That's what drama is. It comes down to… — David Mamet
There is a theme that runs through my work, and that is: the toxic property of keeping secrets. — Joyce Maynard
The idea that we cause harm by doing what we perceive to be the right thing, that's another theme that interests me. Because most people… — Andrew McCarthy
One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have… — Ian Mcewan
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many… — Herman Melville
We're a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It's unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear . — Freddie Mercury
I did a cover of the James Bond theme, and I felt like such a fraud, because the original is so good. — Moby
Every film is a remake of a previous film, or a remake of a television series that everyone loved in the 1960s, or a remake… — Alan Moore
Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but… — Michael Morpurgo
You never make all things for all people and can't always pander to the broadest denominator. I keep an eye toward doing the themes that… — Edward Norton
They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women. — John O'Hara
We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood landscapes to nourish us, we… — Joyce Carol Oates
The one recurring theme in my writing, and in my life in general, is confusion. The fact that anytime you think you really know something,… — Conor Oberst
Rather like Batman, I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and… — Gary Oldman
Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed. — Yoko Ono
If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme. — Pablo Picasso
What I write is very personal, but not autobiographical. It's more 'thematically personal' - what's up in my life in terms of themes at the… — Josh Radnor
God says in the Quran that there is only one true religion, God's religion. It's the same theme that God revealed to all of the… — Feisal Abdul Rauf
The truth is often terrifying, which I think is one of the motifs of Larry and Andrew's cinema. The cost of knowledge is an important… — Keanu Reeves
Transformation, liberation and celebration are the themes of all my novels. — Tom Robbins

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