Genre Quotes · Page 16

Post-war filmmakers gave us the documentary, Rob Reiner gave us the mockumentary and Moore initiated a third genre, the crockumentary.

— Michael Moore

Writing across genres has made me more prolific. When one is fighting me or simply not cutting it, I turn to another.

— Julianna Baggott

We knew that there was a certain kind of interest in Whale among a genre crowd.

— Bill Condon

I'm very picky with what I read. It's a specific genre of science fiction.

— Robert Whittaker

I have been exposed to most musical genres and have learned how to tackle them effectively.

— Wendy Starland

From a genre perspective and a character perspective, you know, sky's the limit.

— Malik Yoba

The kind of actors I admire move through different characters and genres.

— Andrew Scott

I have always touched on different genres whether it has been hip-hop, country and the rock element.

— Kid Rock

'Black film,' that term allows studios to just marginalize a movie and say, 'We've made our black film. We've made our film…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

All I look for is good quality stuff. Whatever I read, if I like it, then I want to do it. It's…

— Karen Gillan

When I finally got tired of arguing with her and decided to write a novel as if I was some kind of…

— Jim Butcher

The prejudice is still there, but it's breaking down. You have writers like Michael Chabon and The Yiddish Policemen's Union. He's a…

— George R. R. Martin

Few rappers realize the genre sprang from West African griots through Delta slave songs to jazz poetry and the comedic trash talk…

— Quincy Jones

Probably the best explanation for my success and other Internet writers, is that we're tapping a genre or a niche out there…

— Tucker Max

I think people do sci-fi a huge disservice by lumping it as some sort of bizarre subculture genre when I think everybody's…

— Mark Sheppard

When I was starting out, science fiction was a little genre over there, which only a few people read. But now --…

— Doris Lessing

The movement for women's liberation was about an emotional transformation, an explosion, a feeling all over the country that things must be…

— Alix Kates Shulman

I think there are a lot of artists that are very traditional. I think someone can be a fan of someone like…

— Charles Kelley

And there are two types of stories. One type is one's own story. The other type is telling the stories of others.…

— Lee Gutkind

I like a lot of hardcore, but it's just a genre about which I don't have much to say. It's kind of…

— John Darnielle

'Jazz Artist of the Century' would have to be a distinctive soloist and ensemble player, a composer, an arranger, a bandleader, and…

— Dave Douglas

I don't know what genre you would put us into, and I'm always telling people that. When I'm trying to explain In…

— Maria Brink

Why are murder mysteries so popular? There's a 3-part "formula" (if you want to call it that) for a genre novel: (1)…

— Lois Duncan

I've been fortunate in that the films I've worked on in the horror genre are themselves not pure horror, and have allowed…

— Douglas Pipes

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

— Regina Cassandra

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

— Robyn Davidson

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

— John Hillcoat

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

— J. August Richards

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

— Esperanza Spalding

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

— Simone Elkeles

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

— Margaret Drabble

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

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

— Dwayne Johnson

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

— J.M. Hushour

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

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

— Herbie Hancock