Genre Quotes · Page 18

I listen to a wide variety of music of all genres, but sometimes you just need a cheesy pop song.

— Cynthia Addai-Robinson

I want to make my music a genre that people can immediately identify: something that never existed.

— Ji-Hae Park

I didn't learn the word 'genre' until way, way late - I mean, like, in the '80s.

— Dianne Reeves

I'm not necessarily that big of a clubbing junkie, but I really like dance music as a genre.

— Mika

Crime fiction is a genre for writing stories about people - about conflict, about guilt, about passion, about the human condition.

— Jo Nesbo

I think I've never really liked the idea of genre, a film that follows the rules of a genre.

— Nicolas Roeg

There seems to sometimes be an entire genre called 'female-fronted metal.'

— Floor Jansen

I'm quite a rational person. I'm not very superstitious, but I really do enjoy horror as a genre.

— Gemma Chan

At some point, you have an opportunity to not be a first-time filmmaker anymore. You can embrace the genre and show the…

— Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Comic book' has come to mean a specific genre, not a story form, in people's minds. So someone will call 'Die Hard'…

— Frank Miller

I read about violent things. I think what I get out of that is entertainment by learning about different things, and reading…

— Karin Slaughter

I am not doing comedy because the genre is successful. If that was the case, I would have done a run-of-the-mill comedy…

— Emraan Hashmi

There are all the offsprings of people who are influenced by punk. It sounds completely different - but it's still rock 'n'…

— El-P

The fantasy genre is so in at the moment. Viewers want to escape from their lives and watch something that is so…

— Colin Morgan

You have to know the rules, otherwise you have no tools to communicate to the audience, but to keep it fresh you…

— Ang Lee

I try to be eclectic in my choice of films. If I've done anything that's intentional in my career, it's to try…

— Dennis Quaid

The beauty of the horror genre is that you can smuggle in these harder stories, and the genre comes with certain demands,…

— Ari Aster

I always thought the women of my age group got short shrift because the women's liberation movement came slightly after. You look…

— Kevin Starr

Basically, this industry is mostly run by men, and I think women have a harder time...I've had enough of the "Women in…

— Princess Superstar

When I was a kid, I was watching the movies my parents wanted to watch. I came from a working class family,…

— Olivier Martinez

Audrey Auld is a great singer songwriter. She holds a unique place in contemporary Americana/Roots music. I believe that this uniqueness is…

— Fred Eaglesmith

I don't record (any type of genre of music) that I didn't hear in my family's living room by the time I…

— Linda Ronstadt

The question I ask myself is: have I really just become a squeamish middle-aged man, or has something happened to the horror…

— Mark Gatiss

Storytelling is more like a skin. You start with the outermost layer, what it's going to look like, then you kind of…

— Charlie Jane Anders

Why westerns get segregated into a genre in Hollywood, I don't know... It's just good entertainment.

— Tom Selleck

With parody, you're referencing and sending up a particular genre, and mostly your material is going to be taken out of that…

— Marlon Wayans

The genre of television that I love and watch is so vast. There's not one type of thing I love.

— Bridget Regan

I've told people before that I don't want to be a part of a genre; I want to be my own genre.…

— Kameron Hurley

It's hard to put my music in a specific genre, but if you had to, "instrumental cyber metal" would be an accurate…

— Paul Wardingham

I think 'Crouching Tiger' is a genre of its own, and it's extremely well done, and God bless them for it.

— Amitabh Bachchan

I read a lot of scripts and so many are clearly a knockoff of one familiar genre or another.

— Edward Norton

It's so funny: I sort of fell into genre roles, but I'm not really a genre guy.

— Paul Wesley

Science fiction has always had a dark side. There has been a touch of the irrational and absurd in the genre from…

— Douglas Lain

I don't want to limit myself to a genre, language or a particular industry. I will do anything interesting that comes to…

— Sourabh Raj Jain

I am very excited to explore the genre of horror-comedy with 'Band Baja Bandh Darwaza.'

— Mukesh Tiwari

I love so many different genres. I love crime films - and unusual coming-of-age pieces.

— Geoffrey S. Fletcher

It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a sub-genre.

— Eli Roth

The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century.

— Ken Follett

Genre-spanning is the effort to make the live show interesting. It's also a great way to challenge yourself as a writer.

— Jason Mraz

When I read a book, I like to be surprised. I don't want to read the same genre formula that I've read…

— Chet Williamson