Genre Quotes · Page 31

This is my genre...the happiness, tragedies, and the sorrows of mankind as realized in the teeming black ghetto.

— Jacob Lawrence

With 'Mismatched,' we hope to bring back the Young Adult drama/ teenage drama genre.

— Rohit Saraf

I love all types of music, and I think the genre lines are starting to get thinner every year.

— Maren Morris

I'm a horror movie fan to begin with, so to come back to the genre, I feel like horror has been very…

— Kathy Bates

'Ant-Man' was a genre, I guess, that I hadn't really tackled before.

— Paul Rudd

I was crazy about the song "Doot Doot," so I usually love this genre of weird, European electronic.

— Margaret Cho

Memoir is a weird genre for a reporter. You end up investigating your own memories, reporting out your past.

— William Finnegan

I don't know what genre I've fallen into, I don't know where it is, and that's really exciting.

— Erol Alkan

A lot of the futuristic space stuff seemed to me to be a very cool form of science-fiction, so that was my…

— J. Michael Straczynski

Audiences have taken a liking for supernatural and fantasy shows. The genre is doing well on the small screen, and I wanted…

— Karishma Tanna

Star Wars, the original movie, was all the various old genre of pictures: the swashbucklers, the war movies, all those things were…

— Bruce Boxleitner

Maybe there's a different story when it comes to hip-hop or different genres, but as far as rock music goes, I think…

— Conor Oberst

From the moment that photography appeared, the descriptive genre began to invade Letters... In verse as in prose the décor and exterior…

— Paul Valery

The excitement about independent filmmaking is that they're a little more open to taking chances. The studios are a little more careful,…

— Malin Akerman

Although I love all genres, I really love to play in two main arenas: Comedy and Thriller/Horror. In either genre I love…

— Kyle Cassie

When I decided to pursue a career as a Muppet Performer when I was in college, it was my hope to be…

— Stephanie D'Abruzzo

“Each of us has a sophisticated system that throws away most of our experiences, keeps only a few choice samples, mixes them…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Ricky's [Reed] a lot like me. He always says we have the same brain. He does all different genres, and it just…

— Meghan Trainor

The Booker thing was a catalyst for me in a bizarre way. It’s perceived as an accolade to be published as a…

— Neil Cross

I've talked about that with friends, about what genre makes sense to choose for each record and the strategy around that... Sometimes…

— Kelela

Well, part of it is the general fascination with the Amish. It's an extremely popular genre and Beverly Lewis just happens to…

— Michael Landon, Jr

I love Florida Georgia Line. I love 'Round Here.' So if a fan wants to listen to that, and if a fan…

— Scotty McCreery

I think, in Japan, animation isn't relegated to being a genre unto itself. It's just a medium by which you can tell…

— Pete Docter

When you're doing a comedy and you want to somehow satirise people who are taking themselves seriously, I think the most serious…

— Ben Stiller

I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music.

— Herbie Hancock

Reggae is a very positive genre, it is surrounded by positive words, lyrics, people and it is known for that.

— Koffee

At its core, 'Heroes' is an ensemble character drama with genre elements.

— Masi Oka

A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that?

— Robert Glasper

I'm eager to do movies of different genres. I would love to not be confined by genre and do a lot of…

— Jason Winer

“(On disco) I don't consider that a genre as much as a level of hell.”

— J.M. Hushour

Getting back into the action genre is like going back home. It's great.

— Dwayne Johnson

I would not be surprised to see interesting new forms of expression and literary genres develop as the e-book movement matures.

— Tom Peters

Horror films and genre films are interesting, because I always look for a deeper meaning or a deeper theme in the film.

— Katee Sackhoff

Novels, since the birth of the genre, have been full of rejected, seduced, and abandoned maidens, whose proper fate is to die...

— Margaret Drabble

Romance novels are my favorite books to read. I write young adult romances, and am so happy to be promoting this wonderful…

— Simone Elkeles

Genre boundaries are good for marketing but they all but disappear when you're a player.

— Esperanza Spalding

I really enjoy working in genre series, because you really have to create the characters.

— J. August Richards

I do love genres, but I love finding new ways into the genre, or making that world fresh again.

— John Hillcoat

I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War.

— Robyn Davidson

I don't want to restrict myself to one particular genre of films. I like to experiment.

— Regina Cassandra