Education Quote by David Bate

Genre is a useful concept only when used not evaluatively but descriptively.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit…

— Taylor Swift

“Genre? What's that?”

— June Winton

In some ways we want definitions that can help protect our own interpretations of the genre.

— John D'Agata

Genres give a vocabulary. They give a frame of reference for the audience to enter into a movie. Then, once they have their footing,…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Genre is a useful thing when organizing texts in a bookshop but immaterial to the particular exchange between writer and reader.

— Rumaan Alam

I understand it for marketing purposes, but I've always hated defining myself with a genre. Nothing feels broad enough.

— Goapele

My theory on genre is that while there are people out there who believe that genre tells people what to read, actually I believe…

— Neil Gaiman

Genre is a really great shorthand you can have with an audience. In the same way you can use music to create a connection…

— Jonathan Levine

I didn't know what the word 'genre' meant till I was twenty years old.

— Trombone Shorty

I'm interested in genre in a way, I suppose because you have a framework of something and you can just twist it to explore…

— Lynne Ramsay