“The story is the only thing that's important. Everything else will take care of itself. It's like what bowlers say. You hear writers talk about character or theme or mood or mode or tense or person. But bowlers say, if you make the spares, the strikes will take care of themselves. If you can tell a story, everything else becomes possible. But without story, nothing is possible, because nobody wants to hear about your sensitive characters if there's nothing happening in the story. And the same is true with mood. Story is the only thing that's important.” IfsWantWritingPersonsImportantCharacterStoriesCareHappeningsTake CareStrikesMoodThings HappenSensitiveThemeSparesTenseBowlers Author:Stephen King
“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.” WantRaisesHopefullyTheme Author:Catherine McCormack
“When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.” WantImportantStoriesBehindsNewsMusic IsDramaticThemeScare Author:Aaron McGruder