Genre Quotes · Page 20

“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

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

— Lee Tae-min

The problem with most genre fantasy is that it's not nearly fantastic enough. It's escapist, but it can't escape.

— China Mieville

I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single…

— Emma Donoghue

I don't want people just to take me for, you know, just being part of one genre.

— Sky Blu

It's actually one of my dreams to have my own album. My music genre is dark pop.

— Catriona Gray

I am a movie fan across the board, though, so if a movie is well done then I love it and it…

— Tania Raymonde

I don't really think about genre. I like to write books that I'd love to read myself.

— Dan Brown

Im not really devoted or specified towards any specific genre at all. I really like it all. Theres good storytelling in all…

— Angela Bettis

Anime has been good to me. I made and continue to make very little money at it, but the undying, feverish loyalty…

— Steven Blum

Since my father is a musician as well, he taught me growing up that if you can play jazz, you can learn…

— Meghan Trainor

Really interesting genre films, especially monster movies, evoke the fears of the times intentionally. Our starting point was 'Godzilla' - the original…

— Matt Reeves

The talk show, as a genre, has been in decline for a while. It started with Jerry Springer, when the talk shows…

— Cristina Saralegui

I'm always ready to be challenged. Like, 'Wings: Outro,' it was hip-house. That was the first time I'd ever listened to that…

— RM

My theory on genre is that while there are people out there who believe that genre tells people what to read, actually…

— Neil Gaiman

I mean, there are many other directors who are probably both more skilled and excited to adapt novels or work within certain…

— Todd Solondz

There's rock n' roll in hip-hop, there's rock n' roll in pop music, there's rock n' roll in soul, there's rock n'…

— John Varvatos

I watched a lot of silent directors who were absolutely great like John Ford and Fritz Lang, Tod Browning, and also some…

— Michel Hazanavicius

“[SF] was a commercial genre born in the old adventure pulp magazines of the first third of the twentieth century, aimed primarily…

— Norman Spinrad

I guess I didn't even know the word 'genre' until I did 'True Blood.' That's how naive I was, and I didn't…

— Denis O'Hare

When you're a young writer and you look at people praising a big hefty anthology that has uncovered a long lost genre,…

— John D'Agata

There has to be the popcorn genre element, or I don't engage the same way. I like action and vehicle design and…

— Neill Blomkamp

I've never recognized 'emo' as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever. I know there…

— Guy Picciotto

Others have questions about how it is that God and human beings can both be speaking through the one document such that…

— D. A. Carson

The funny thing about me is I move from genre to genre, but I essentially shoot all the movies the same way.

— James Mangold

Kevin' is a psychological horror film. It uses genre elements, so hopefully it's exciting to watch.

— Lynne Ramsay

So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool.

— Lady Gaga

Genre is a useful thing when organizing texts in a bookshop but immaterial to the particular exchange between writer and reader.

— Rumaan Alam

I love bossa nova. It's the most beautiful genre of music in the world.

— Camila Mendes

I have a very strong belief in what I like, or a very strong opinion in genre films that I like to…

— Chad Stahelski

Fantasy/science-fiction stories have been around almost as long as each genre, but every hybrid now lives in the shadow of 'Star Wars.'

— Brian K. Vaughan

What drives me is exploration with a purpose, more the classic Royal Geographical Society genre.

— Robert Ballard

My genre of music is called Afro-Fusion because I fuse different types of music into a ball.

— Burna Boy

I think a good movie is a good movie whether that falls into a genre or not.

— Nicolas Cage

I don't want to ever be categorized. I want to be able to hit every genre.

— Ski Mask the Slump God

I don't write genre stuff in any form. I'm not interested in it. I always try to do the opposite of that.

— Charlie Kaufman

The transgressive nature of biography is rarely acknowledged, but it is the only explanation for biography's status as a popular genre.

— Janet Malcolm

'The Godfather' is the talismanic giant that hangs over everything in the gangster genre.

— James Watkins

I always want to fulfill genre expectations and think that should be the bedrock of any film - then you can layer…

— Leigh Whannell

I have done all of the genres, and the dramatic role is my favorite.

— Jeff Daniels