Audience Quote by Saul Bass

My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the film's story, to express…

— Saul Bass

I saw the title as a way of conditioning the audience, so that when the film actually began, viewers would already have an emotional…

— Saul Bass

At one point it occurred to me that the title could make a more significant contribution to the storytelling process. It could act as…

— Saul Bass

I think title sequences are an opportunity to sort of set the stage or to get people thinking in different terms than maybe whatever…

— David Fincher

“I want to write a movie called “The Movie.” Clever title, no?”

— Jarod Kintz

It is important for me to discover the ideal title, for without this title the story or novel isn't quite in focus.

— Joyce Carol Oates

A good title should be like a good metaphor. It should intrigue without being too baffling or too obvious.

— Walker Percy

The title is the first thing that I have. Then when I have that title, I have to make sure that the title...is like,…

— Melanie Martinez

I could make the title of my memoirs: 'It's got cinematic disaster written all over it.'

— Peter Capaldi

All writers know how important a good title is. It's the first thing readers see, along with a knock-your-socks-off cover - a seductive 'come…

— Caroline Leavitt

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The…

— Stanley Kubrick

Titles have never given a just idea of things; were it otherwise, the work would be superfluous.

— Gustave Courbet