Famous quotes containing the words subject matter, subject, matter and/or domain:
“Morality for the novelist is expressed not so much in the choice of subject matter as in the plot of the narrative, which is perhaps why in our morally bewildered time novelists have often been timid about plot.”
—Jane Rule (b. 1931)
“To be the subject of alms-giving is trying, and to feel in duty bound to appear cheerfully grateful under the trial, must be still more so.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“No matter where you go, there you are.”
—Earl Mac Rauch (b. 1950)
“In the domain of art there is no light without heat.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)