#subject matter

Whatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it's still going to be a comic novel. ↗

— John Irving

#dark #going #gray #how #i

I hope they make a show like M*A*S*H, which dealt with a lot of difficult subject matter but was very funny. ↗

— Joan Severance

#difficult #funny #hope #i #like

A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter. ↗

— Wallace Stegner

#enlarges #his #just #matter #people

Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask. ↗

— Robert Motherwell

#behind #european #mask #matter #modern

I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

#enjoyed #go #good #groups #i

I think the worst and most insidious procrastination for me is research. I will be looking for some bit of fact or figure to include in the novel, and before I know, I've wasted an entire morning delving into that subject matter without a word written. ↗

— James Rollins

#bit #delving #entire #fact #figure

I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

#closing #critical #doing #gap #how

I've done Graham Norton's show three times now. He tackles taboos and subject matter that wouldn't make it past the censors in the States. ↗

— Kyle MacLachlan

#done #graham #i #make #matter

The figure is still the only thing I have faith in in terms of how much emotion it's charged with and how much subject matter is there. ↗

— Jim Dine

#emotion #faith #figure #how #i

I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing. ↗

— Ed Harris

#chose #films #i #intriguing #made