#theme

I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they write about their own experiences, something true is going to emerge. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#cause #down #emerge #ever #experiences

I really love writing themes and melody. ↗

— Trevor Rabin

#love #melody #really #themes #writing

We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#forget #heritage #includes #nights #our

It is very much the theme of our President, President Thabo Mbeki, whose passion is for Africa to work together, and for Africans to get up and do things for us. We are trying as women to do things for ourselves. ↗

— Miriam Makeba

#get #much #our #ourselves #passion

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 that. It's not about theme, it's not about ideas, it's not about setting, but what the protagonist wants. ↗

— David Mamet

#always #comes #does #down #drama

We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#besides #contemporary #many #may #other

In this case they're doctors. But having passion for your work and to take risks in order to better human kind. That's a pretty big theme. It's pretty inspiring. ↗

— Mary Stuart Masterson

#big #case #doctors #having #human

'I Am Number Four' definitely borrows from a whole bunch of genres and has a whole bunch of different themes throughout. And I think if it was just one stale two-dimensional thing then it would be kind of boring. And I think they did a fantastic job. ↗

— Callan McAuliffe

#be kind #boring #borrows #bunch #definitely

I have so many themes I want to explore, so many questions I'd like to raise and develop, and hopefully, I'll get to do just that. ↗

— Catherine McCormack

#explore #get #hopefully #i #just

It was by design that we mostly used pictures that you could not necessarily see what was going on, and that didn't really focus in on the band, but instead focused in on a theme. ↗

— Mike McCready

#could #design #focus #focused #going