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The problem with themes is that writers don't realise they are themes until someone points them out.
I've always been attracted to themes of isolation in my work - in my independent work and my DC work.
In film, in general, you have just so many cliche themes or stories that are told over and over again.
Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
There's never really been a tradition of making films about Jewish themes or using Judaism as a constant.
I think comedy and satire are the strongest ways to deal with very serious themes and very painful themes.
Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.
We live in a global society, and I don't think we can talk about, quote unquote, 'American themes' anymore.
I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes.
I think that one of the reasons Shakespeare withstands the test of time is that his themes are so universal.
I tell everyone I interact with what I'm working on and let them bring me anecdotes that illustrate my themes.
If I spend time at the front of the process worrying about connecting themes, then I won't write the best songs.
I look at 'Straw Dogs' as a very imperfect movie. It's a little bit slow, and its themes are a little bit murky.
There are a lot of recurring themes that I resonated with when I read 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.'
I think it is one of the common themes for many Japanese people to choose where to live: Tokyo or their hometown.
I think baseball - the baseball genre - is this mitt, to use a double pun there, to catch a whole bunch of themes.
With 'The Chi,' it's me observing my own city and also pulling some things from themes I've dealt with in my life.
The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.
Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.
The first poem I ever wrote, about loss, when I was 5 years old, expressed the themes of everything I would ever write.
For me, life and death are very important themes. There is no life without death. That's why it's very important to me.
I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a thousand miles in search of themes for moralizing.
I believe the biggest themes of life are put into the best focus when held up against the very sharp light of mortality.
It's always relevant - moving forward into the future and finding out who you are. I think those themes never get stale.
Malayalis tend to be nostalgic about rustic storylines, pastoral themes and ordinary folk who lead a simple way of life.
I feel that people really feel they've got a part of me when they listen to my albums and the themes just show themselves.
As a singer, I like to treat my fans with great content and keep it fresh by experimenting with different genres or themes.
One of the great themes in American literature is the individual's confrontation with the vast open spaces of the continent.
I started realising that the themes running through all of my novels were really haunting and obsessing me about my own life.
All of the Flying Lotus records are exploring similar themes: These questions in my mind about what's next and what's beyond.
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 imagine right through.
'Dirty Jobs' is a fun, simple little show with huge themes under it. For me, it's penance, it's redemption, it's a sweaty mess.
I haven't written about an immigrant experience because I haven't experienced that before and am focused on existential themes.
People like scary stories. There's a fascination with fear themes, and we want to face those things in a weird, subconscious way.
'Nowhere Man' embodies one of my favorite themes - the hero completely out of his element. It's really near and dear to my heart.
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.
I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to figure out what manliness really is.
Once we start hitting lyrical themes that can whack you from all these different perspectives, we know we're onto something special.
Though many of Obsidian's games have featured wry, sardonic humor, the developer has stuck to more serious fantasy and sci-fi themes.
The themes, ideas and the characters from 'Skyfall' can obviously continue on, because it is a franchise, and it is an ongoing story.
I don't necessarily set out to teach or say anything in particular in my writing. Morals and themes come out as I'm telling the tale.
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.
You want comedic themes to be recogniseable life truths that we all battle with, and with that comes the healing properties of comedy.
I'm a big believer in 'Trojan horses' - There are certain themes that are more palatable when wrapped in something fun or distracting.
I don't try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple and on the surface.
Unfortunately, anti-Darwinism keeps playing minor variations on the same negative themes and adds nothing to our understanding of life.
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.
I always thought of 'Lost' as a psychotic opera. Because there were so many characters, it was important for me to track them with themes.
In this day and age of Internet, where we have several dating sites, it is bizarre to say the audience is not ready to watch bolder themes.
They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.