Write the kind of movie you would want to see, in a genre…

I've told people before that I don't want to be a part of a genre; I want to be my own genre. I want…

— Kameron Hurley

I love the whole mystery-detective genre - I love all of that.

— Lori Loughlin

I try to write the kind of books I like to read.

— Isabel Allende

One thing that worried me was how writers get categorized and so they end up having to write the same kind of book again…

— Justin Cronin

I think for writers who write that kind of stuff, they want to make changes. Look at Kris Kristofferson and Dylan. I mean, whole…

— Lee Hazlewood

I've always tried to write the kind of book I most loved to read: character-centered adventure.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

I feel like the kind of people I write about are the kind of people I grew up with, the families that I know…

— Jesmyn Ward

I was given the opportunity to write the kind of book that I wanted to write, rather than one that catalogues where I sang…

— Jessye Norman

If they won't write the kind of books we like to read we shall have to write them ourselves.

— Anonymous

I write the kind of stuff I'd like to watch,

— Steven Moffat

I never told anybody I wanted to write, I kind of fell into it backwards.

— Max Lucado

I'm unable to really write the kind of song that doesn't have a visual element, which most songs don't.

— Nick Cave

I'm a fan myself, so I try to write the kind of comics I want to read.

— Grant Morrison

My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it…

— David McCullough

Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are…

— Meg Cabot