Genre Quotes

631 Genre quotes by 516 unique authors

Recasting fairy tales has become a publishing sub-genre in itself, and has been done both well and to the point of entropy. More interesting are… — Graham Joyce
There's been so many different types of musicals, and it's a funny genre because there's a fine line between clever and stupid. It really takes… — Melissa Etheridge
I just watched so many Westerns as a kid that you end up using archetypes and sort of tropes of that genre, because there's a… — Gore Verbinski
My agent called and said, 'How do you feel about a pirate movie? I mean, how often are you going to get that call? It's… — Gore Verbinski
If one horror film hits, everyone says, 'Let's go make a horror film.' It's the genre that never dies. — George A. Romero
I'm not coming from film school. I learned cinema in the cinema watching films, so you always have a curiosity. I say, 'Well, what if… — Wong Kar-wai
The question I ask myself is: have I really just become a squeamish middle-aged man, or has something happened to the horror genre that shows… — Mark Gatiss
All in all, I think that out of all musical genres, the world of metal is the most escapist one. Metal is also music for… — Tuomas Holopainen
Take the time you need to learn the craft. Then sit down and write. When you hand over your completed manuscript to a trusted reader,… — Kathleen Grissom
A tight structural form opens possibilities. Take a pattern, an established model or sub-genre, and write to it. In writing, limitation gives freedom — W G Sebald
This is my genre...the happiness, tragedies, and the sorrows of mankind as realized in the teeming black ghetto. — Jacob Lawrence
People who rarely read long books, or even short stories, still appreciate the greatest examples of the shortest literary genres. I have long been fascinated… — Gary Saul Morson
Aphorisms are essentially an aristocratic genre of writing. The aphorist does not argue or explain, he asserts; and implicit in his assertion is a conviction… — Wystan Hugh Auden
For a writer, and particularly a writer of my genre, which is the fantastical, I think that it's to my advantage to feel remote from… — Clive Barker
Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. But while I do, of course, now… — Kate Morton
I think I'm part of a generation of crime writers all of whom woke up independently and recoiled with horror at the fact that we'd… — Laura Lippman
Thanks to the success of Henning Mankell and Peter Hoeg, there wasn't the same stigma attached to writing genre thrillers in Scandinavia as there was… — Jo Nesbo
I think this whole division between the genres has more to do with marketing than anything else. It's terrible for the culture of music. — Tom Waits
It may be a mistake to say this, but I know my limitations as an actor and I know what I can and can not… — Christopher Lambert
I've been singing for a really long time and I love a lot of genres, but country just seemed like the best fit. The people… — Sasha Pieterse
I'm drawn to doing interesting stuff at work. And some of the time with the supernatural, you get to do really crazy, fun things. But… — Anna Paquin
The crime novel has always been my favourite genre. — Sara Paretsky
I've mis-signed many a book Rollins or Clemens. My readers quickly become aware. Booksellers will often promote me under both names, and I do plug… — James Rollins
I read a lot - and I read a variety of genres. — Nora Roberts
I don't want my writing to be so unique that when you apply it to different genres, it seems like the previous show that people… — Shawn Ryan

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