#theme

I hear filmmakers saying, 'I wanted to make to make a film about this issue, or this theme,' but I never start like that. ↗

— Andrea Arnold

#film #filmmakers #hear #i #issue

Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost automatically because the characters are now pulling the story. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#almost #automatically #because #characters #come

Close your eyes and place your finger on a map. Wherever it lands, that's the theme of the evening. So many times we settle for routine dishes. This forces you to try new cuisines. ↗

— Mario Batali

#cuisines #dishes #evening #eyes #finger

Once we start hitting lyrical themes that can whack you from all these different perspectives, we know we're onto something special. ↗

— Chester Bennington

#different perspectives #hitting #know #lyrical #once

Life is cheap, make sure you buy enough ↗

— Gerald W. Darnell

#beauty

I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the 'Pink Panther' theme. That was my goal. Once I was good enough, I quit. Now my music has to have some rock. ↗

— Jack Black

#goal #good #i #i quit #learned

I really don't have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me to the final sculpture. I think that is true for many creative sculpture artists. ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#creative #final #guides #i #i think

I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#arabic #certain #i #i can #i do

Lyrically I like to use themes that make the listener use his or her imagination, and to give a little of the lessons I've learned in my own life. ↗

— Ronnie James Dio

#her #his #i #imagination #learned

I am good when there is something central about the character. There is always a human theme I attach myself to. I am really looking for something that is moving or enlightening or something with depth as an actor. I look for these kinds of roles. ↗

— Brad Dourif

#actor #always #am #attach #central