Genre Quotes · Page 18

Hip Hop has introduced us to a lot of genres that we probably wouldn't even listen to in our own homes from…

— B.J. The Chicago Kid

The funny thing is just the collision of genres, taking one medium and trying to ram it into another medium, whether it…

— Tom Scharpling

I'm glad a genre writer has got a knighthood, but stunned that it was me.

— Terry Pratchett

I don't really feel the loyalty to any particular genre. To be completely honest, I'm an R&B singer because I'm black and…

— Brent Faiyaz

I realised that a television show on political lampoon was one genre that was missing.

— Cyrus Broacha

I think the act of lying can be separated from the genre of memoir. Though often times, people are unaware of their…

— Rob Roberge

At the end of the day, the Grammys are about recognizing genres that are making an impact.

— Keith Urban

This is not an international thriller so much as a fiercely literate attempt to subvert the thriller genre itself.

— Christopher Rice

I've always been a prog rock fanatic, even before Vengeance. However I think I started to love the genre with Pink Floyd,…

— Arjen Anthony Lucassen

Rap is the number one most influential thing, it's the only genre that really strikes a chord. When you sing, you feel…

— Tyga

It doesn't matter to me whether I go back to outer space or not [while acting]. The job's the same and I…

— Harrison Ford

I think that the celebrity memoir as a genre is looked upon as a lesser form. One of my missions as a…

— Hilary Liftin

I never thought that I would be creating my own 'cross-over' genre. What I did was very real and organic. I have…

— Sarah Brightman

The distinction between literary and genre fiction is stupid and pernicious. It dates back to a feud between Robert Louis Stevenson and…

— George R. R. Martin

I'm not going to work outside of genre. It's going to be horror, action, or sci-fi. I don't ever really see myself…

— Scott Derrickson

I've grown up watching a lot of Western genre films on TV, and America is not just a country, but it's one…

— Park Chan-wook

For me, Christianity is not a genre. It's faith. The Gospel is not a genre either. It's faith. I definitely understand the…

— LeCrae

People will less and less need to put an identity on genres, such as "hip hop," "electronica" and so forth. That's what…

— Princess Superstar

The American independent cinema is as formulaic as Hollywood and one genre is what you might call the 'inaction movie'. The setting…

— Philip French

'Menace II Society' itself was a groundbreaking film. It's definitely going to go in the vaults of classics in all of cinema.…

— Larenz Tate

I usually just pick a genre of movie that I feel like saluting and then go off and come up with something…

— James Roday

I really feel our job as actors is to find a human experience in the character. So, for me, genre comes second;…

— Sophie Cookson

The book is about zombies, in that it is the over-arching theme, but what's going on is the story of these people…

— Steven Yeun

I wrote, I think, half a dozen films that were completely out of genre. Comedies, love stories, even one serious film about…

— Wes Craven

I've always been into the horror genre, so I've seen a lot of movies with ghosts and supernatural stuff.

— Meaghan Rath

It is quite amazing how K-pop has developed over the years. This genre has so many musical components that it has no…

— Ok Taec-yeon

You usually find me writing what I like to think of as intelligent summer action and genre films.

— Max Landis

Horror is my favorite genre, but it works best for me when it's a metaphor on top of something we can all…

— Misha Green

YA readers are just not rigid about genre. They're all for the mash-up.

— Leigh Bardugo

I never even considered comedy genre as something to embrace or move away from.

— Edward Norton

The sci-fi genre just happens to have a lot of really great characters for women.

— Jewel Staite

I'm defending fiction as a human capacity more than as a popular or dying literary genre.

— Ben Lerner

It's great to be able to work on some science fiction. I love the genre.

— Aaron Stanford

If I'm going to invest the time in a novel, I want something more than the entertainment you get out of most…

— Glen Duncan

You can apply the same heart, the same sense of euphoria to any genre.

— Stuart Price

I would agree with you that there's 90% imitation and 10% innovation. That's true of any genre.

— DJ Shadow

Genre is a useful concept only when used not evaluatively but descriptively.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Abolish music prejudices. Form opinions and love music for itself, not its genre, performer(s) or popularity status.”

— Abigail Biddinger

Basically, I just write whatever story grabs me rather than considering the genre.

— Sarah Pinborough

I think that it's really, really funny to see adult themes in a genre that's usually directed towards children.

— John DiMaggio