Genre Quotes · Page 17

As a European filmmaker, you can not make a genre film seriously. You can only make a parody.

— Michael Haneke

I love 'Koi Aane Ko Hai.' It is my favourite show because I believe in this genre.

— Ekta Kapoor

K-pop itself is not just a music genre, but a whole cultural phenomenon.

— Lee Tae-min

“Horror is the only genre where you don't have to explain everything. Things happen just because and that alone makes it scary.”

— R.A. Horn

I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with…

— Guillermo del Toro

I really love fantasy. I have to say it is my favourite genre to read and one of the genres I love…

— Cassandra Clare

I love dabbling in different genres, and I like being good at different genres of cinema.

— Priyanka Chopra

One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

My favourite genre lies inside myself, and as I follow my favourite stories, characters and images, it sums up to a certain…

— Bong Joon-ho

I don't have a favorite genre. I mean, I always sort of base it on instinct. And it does seem to be…

— Carla Gugino

I think that that is a wonderful format - you know, having individual stories over a period of weeks that are thematically…

— Richard Thomas

I've always been sort of addicted to genre-jumping. I've never been in the mood to do the same thing I did last…

— Ginnifer Goodwin

I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain…

— Wong Kar-wai

You can use the fun of the genre, but I also really wanted to come at it from the point of view…

— Adrian Hodges

When the publisher here in America wanted to put the word "memoir" on the title page [of 'Winter Journal'] and on the…

— Paul Auster

I thought this was the most incredible opportunity. Because 'Planet Of The Apes,' aside from the fantasy element of talking apes, is…

— Matt Reeves

“What this amounts to, and what makes the critic with his nose for genre and structure so nervous, is that by all…

— Edward Whittemore

When I received the invitation to "check out" Fairport I knew absolutely nothing about them, all I knew was that they were…

— Iain Matthews

“Human beings across every culture I know about require such stories, stories with cool winds and wood smoke. They speak to something…

— Peter Straub

“Most high and happy princess, we must tell you a tale of the Man in the Moon, which if it seem ridiculous…

— John Lyly

Arthuriana has become a genre in itself, more like TV soap opera where people think they know the characters. All that's fair…

— Michael Moorcock

I'd met Harrison Ford before, but he was just finishing a meet with Jon Favreau and the other producers on the film,…

— Keith Carradine

I was not really aware of the dystopian genre before I read 'The Handmaid's Tale.' Many poets as well, like John Donne…

— Samantha Shannon

A rollicking good read-THE HUNTER is steampunk with a Wild West feel. Theresa Meyers is an entertaining and witty writer with a…

— Yasmine Galenorn

I want to try something in the genre of rock. I think it will come out great because our members are pretty…

— Jin

The best thing about Sci-Fi, which is my favorite genre, is that there are no rules for behavior. So you can do…

— Brion James

My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.

— K. D. Lang

I never set out to be part of a genre, because I listen to all types of music.

— Skrillex

The submarine genre is a category with all its own rules. But shooting on water is famously tough.

— Kevin Macdonald

But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls…

— Taylor Swift

If one horror film hits, everyone says, 'Let's go make a horror film.' It's the genre that never dies.

— George A. Romero

I've never seen the first three 'Star Wars' movies. It's just not really my genre.

— Sendhil Ramamurthy

I just like movies, not one particular kind or genre. In fact, movies that are harder to classify I like more.

— Rob Zombie

I guess one thing that makes my music stand out is that it is quite hard to determine what genre it is.

— Seinabo Sey

Different genres allow me to not feel so hemmed in by my own voice, tics, style.

— Julianna Baggott

Science fiction is the only genre that enables African writers to envision a future from our African perspective.

— Nnedi Okorafor

I am too old to have ever been very worried about what "genre" any given book of mine might be. I read…

— Margaret Atwood

The horror genre is probably my favorite genre along with psychological thrillers.

— Kane

I don't know, just scripts randomly appeal to me. I'm not looking specifically at any genre.

— Robert Pattinson

Getting into creating in a new genre is like arriving to a new country.

— Yoko Ono