Actuality Quote by Satyajit Ray

You need a theme in a picture book just as much or maybe even more than you need it in a novel.

— Eve Bunting

Theme is great for people who like to approach stories that way, but it's an organizing principle that helps us write a story that…

— Kurt Busiek

The theme is the most essential component of a new series and I spend a lot of time developing it.

— Bear McCreary

I don't really set out to explore grand themes. I set out to tell a story. And one I have to be able to…

— John Irving

The best thing that can happen is for the theme to be nice and clear from the beginning.

— Paddy Chayefsky

The detail of my art depends entirely on the project itself. I tend to be a little more detail-oriented with covers than I am…

— Brian Stelfreeze

I don't really wanna think about themes. I wanna just think about the experience of the movie. I feel like, as soon as I…

— Wes Anderson

The smallest detail can contribute to the whole, I think particularly with emotion, you want it to be as authentic as it can, whether…

— Peter Weir

A theme is always necessary, a plain, simple, unadorned theme to confuse the ignorant.

— Lillian Hellman

The creative mind doesn't have to have the whole pattern-it can have just a little piece and be able to envision the whole picture…

— Arthur Fry

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,…

— Tatyana Tolstaya

My themes will not be far-fetched. I will tell of homely every-day phenomena and adventures.

— Henry David Thoreau