Genre Quotes · Page 21

From the time I was 20 and people would say, 'Chicks with Picks,' I hated it. It's not a genre, it's a…

— Margo Price

I knew after 'Sarah Marshall' that my favorite genre is romantic comedy. Nothing is more satisfying than a great romantic comedy.

— Nicholas Stoller

I tend to focus less on genre as a starting point and more on idea or intention and let the idea dictate…

— Vivek Shraya

I would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.

— Guillermo del Toro

If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.

— Yann Martel

It doesn't really matter what "genre" your book is. What matters is that it's a good book of its kind. Whatever that…

— Margaret Atwood

The kind of artist I would like to be is definitely versatile. I don't like being boxed in or put into a…

— La'Porsha Renae

I don't really think in terms of genre, I think in terms of story and character.

— Paul Rudd

I really like the old stuff that I cut my musical teeth on, and I loved it when the industry was just…

— Gary Allan

But I don't have anything to prove. My reputation is what it is. It seems that a lot of gay men are…

— Fred Hersch

I spent many years in grad school in English, so I've read a lot in a variety of genres. But adventure fantasy…

— Saladin Ahmed

I'm not so arrogant to consider mine the only legitimate art form. I can't in one breath make a fuss about someone…

— Brandi Carlile

I love music that has good catchy choruses and fits into many different genres. ... I like real artists, that write their…

— Perez Hilton

Purdom has created a major body of work. Thoughtful, humane, intelligent, extrapolative, involving, his stories are exactly the sort of thing our…

— Michael Swanwick

Zachary Jernigan's short stories are in deep conversation with the history of the genre while maintaining a thoroughly modern sensibility. Here’s a…

— James Patrick Kelly

I'm drawn to a good story, really, as I hope most people are. For me, it's the story that's going to stay…

— Ryan Kwanten

“Mulut manusia itu persis seperti genre novel, ada fiksi, biografi (pencitraan), terkadang horor, drama (terlalu dilebih-lebihkan), kerjaannya ngerayu sok romance, kayak fabel…

— nom de plume

I believe in Mexico there's a big culture of moviegoing, both studio and indie. I think here in the US that's not…

— Aurora Guerrero

For me it's about the character, not as much about the genre of it [movie]. I'm excited that I get to work…

— Ali Larter

George Jones was a big, huge name in our household. George Jones-he is considered country, but in every genre he is known.…

— Patty Loveless

One of the things that did intrigue me about when I read the pilot - because I had not read the books…

— Sasha Alexander

I see friends who are in different genres of music, and they say they're so burnt playing the same stuff every night.…

— Kid Rock

I came to terms with living mostly in a world of horror pictures or genre pictures. I have had a few chances…

— Wes Craven

I knew about 'Haunting Hour' and that it was basically the new 'Goosebumps'. When I got offered the role of Corey, I…

— Dylan Minnette

I'll read anything that's good. I have no artificial barriers based on genre.

— Greg Iles

My favorites are songs that I get an emotional charge from, whatever genre they're in.

— Colm Wilkinson

Trap is being added to everything. It seems like every genre wants that bit of trap to what they're doing.

— Zaytoven

It's important to listen to lots of different genres because you never know when something will get born out of it.

— David Lynch

I think my genre is in the pop world because I love catchy melodies, but it's a rough kind of pop.

— G Flip

I don't have any issue with any genre. That does not bother me. Thank god for that.

— Arshad Warsi

I want to do everything related to music. Every genre, every style I want to compose.

— Ankit Tiwari

I write across genres so I see them, more often, as complementary instead of separated by boundaries.

— Julianna Baggott

I understand it for marketing purposes, but I've always hated defining myself with a genre. Nothing feels broad enough.

— Goapele

So much good music has been looked over because of preconceived notions of genre.

— Kamasi Washington

I was planning to make 'Hate Story 2,' but I stepped out of that project. I don't want to repeat the genre.

— Vivek Agnihotri

It's really hard to find just a simple character-driven drama, outside of a genre, that was available to direct, except for on…

— Marc Webb

Genre might certainly increase some of your narrative freedoms, but it also diminishes others. That's the nature of genre.

— Junot Diaz

I hope to be on the scene for a long time. I'd love to be old and gray and still be working…

— Barbara Crampton

The danger with genre is playing genre instead of playing the honesty of what's going on.

— Melanie Scrofano

What I love more than anything is Jerry Goldsmith's 80's music and Bernard Herrmann's genre music from the 50's and 60's.

— Bear McCreary