Genre Quotes

631 Genre quotes by 516 unique authors

Literature precedes genre. — Rick Moody
What genre it falls under is only of interest later. — Rick Moody
Our fathers were actually business partners in the same real-estate firm, and we got together and thought, How can we get a movie together and… — David Zucker
When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. It needed four legs of the same… — Mark Haddon
Write the kind of movie you would want to see, in a genre you love. — Douglas Wood
You put funny people in funny costumes and paint them green and we could talk about anything we wanted to, because that was the only… — Majel Barrett
Billy Wilder is really is a heavy influence on Bound. We felt that film noir was a genre where you could create a really contained… — Lana Wachowski
I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War. — Robyn Davidson
I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre. — Milla Jovovich
I have no problem with television as a genre. — James Purefoy
In my books and in romance as a genre, there is a positive, uplifting feeling that leaves the reader with a sense of encouragement and… — Debbie Macomber
I grew up reading a lot of these super weird, genre-bending Southern gothic writers. — Karen Russell
Crime is a very hard genre to feminise. If you have a female protagonist she is going to be looking after her mum when she… — Denise Mina
Successful prime-time television of any genre produces some kind of emotional reaction in the viewers. There are a lot of different emotions to tap into.… — Chris Hayes
Mention the gothic, and many readers will probably picture gloomy castles and an assortment of sinister Victoriana. However, the truth is that the gothic genre… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Genre stuff is the most exciting stuff for an actor to play. I get to try new things, do things I would have never got… — Amy Acker
Gimmicks come and go; the cop show seems one genre that will never leave - not as long as people like to sit at home… — Tom Shales
What is good for you creatively is usually bad commercially. You thrive financially by sticking to a series and not fiddling about too much. You… — John Connolly
The biggest challenge of my career, which is something that authors of genre fiction face all the time, is writing something fresh and new and… — Julia Quinn
An incorrect genre judgment will lead one far astray in interpreting Scripture — Unknown Author
What scares me is what scares you. We're all afraid of the same things. That's why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have… — John Carpenter
Poetry, the genre of purest beauty, was born of a truncated woman: her head severed from her body with a sword, a symbolic penis. — Andrea Dworkin
Since when did race have anything to do with the music anyone should listen to? We are all human and we all feel. Music is… — Unknown Author
When I listen to music,It's my gateway drug,I want to sing with it,dance to it, jump to it,cry to it,blast it really loud and just… — Becka Miller

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