Quotes of: Subject-matter Keyword

To write for PC reasons, because you think you ought to be dealing with this subject, is never going to yield anything that is really going to matter to anyone else. It has to matter to you.

Rita Dove

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.

Robert A. Heinlein

I have been frequently accused of deliberately twisting subject matter to my point of view. Above all, I know that life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference. Opinion often consists of a kind of criticism. But criticism can come out o...

Robert Frank

Unless a Western's made money - doesn't matter who made the money, doesn't matter what the subject is - if the last one didn't make any money, you can't make another one for a four-year period. Westerns more than any genre.

Val Kilmer

Since I was a kid, I've had this morbid fascination with dark and scary subject matter.

Charlotte Sullivan

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

Ed Harris

I think every movie I've made after 'Indiana Jones,' I've tried to make every single movie as if it was made by a different director, because I'm very conscious of not wanting to impose a consistent style on subject matter that is not necessarily sui...

Steven Spielberg

The development of the meaning attaching to the personal self, the conscious being, is the subject matter of the history of psychology.

James Mark Baldwin

My relationship with my grandmother has gone from strength to strength. As a shy, younger man it could be harder to talk about weighty matters. It was: 'This is my grandmother who is the Queen, and these are serious historical subjects.'

Prince William

To go from politics to news, at least the subject matter is the same, even if the view is different.

Jerry Springer

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

The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.

Bernie Mac

Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming.

Jeffery Deaver

What makes a publisher decide to market a book to a particular audience is not the subject matter but the style.

Russell Smith

Love is such a powerful subject matter because it comes in so many different shapes and sizes. It's about timing, fate, failure, redemption.

Jim Sturgess

I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.

Lynda Barry

My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.

Harrison Birtwistle

And I'm the biggest country fan there is, but I'm always a little cautious of a slower song or just a song with subject matter.

Dierks Bentley

When you put together deep knowledge about a subject that intensely matters to you, charisma happens. You gain courage to share your passion, and when you do that, folks follow.

Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters

The distinctions of what makes a book one genre or another can sometimes be a bit muddy, but generally it's a matter of projecting who the audience will be, which is a judgment that's based on the subject matter. 'Mainstream' is the cleanest label fo...

Therese Fowler

I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!

Tea Obreht