Thematic Quotes

"As much as I love Star Wars (1977) and as much as it`s really revolutionized the imaging business, it went off the rails in the sense that science fiction, historically, was a science fiction of ideas. It was thematic fiction. It stopped being that and became just pure eye candy and pure entertainment. And I miss that. With Battle Angel (2007) I`m going to flirt with that darker, dystopian message as much as I can, without making it an art film."

However, there`s no theme or concept behind Heathen, just a number of songs but somehow there is a thread that runs through it that is quite as strong as any of my thematic type albums.

My memory of those places is better than my pictures. That`s why I get much more satisfaction out of shooting thematic work that has to do with an idea that I`m searching for, or searching to express.

It might be thematic work. It might be theatrical. I enjoy that kind of work.

The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary mode he or she chooses to deal with in any given novel.