Be careful Quote by David Eick

You learn to exploit genre for the more important things - to my mind - like story, character, image, language.

— Julianna Baggott

Basically, I just write whatever story grabs me rather than considering the genre.

— Sarah Pinborough

Each genre has something to teach me about the others. Not all the lessons are transferable, but many of the most important ones are.

— Julianna Baggott

I think storytelling in general is how we really deeply know things. It's ancient.

— Ellen Ullman

Genre might certainly increase some of your narrative freedoms, but it also diminishes others. That's the nature of genre.

— Junot Diaz

Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for.

— D. J. MacHale

I grew up not reading fiction; I watched movies and read comic books, and one of the ways I taught myself to think about…

— Kevin Wilson

I feel like handling a narrative in fiction is a wonderful way to teach stories that then open a pathway to reality and understanding.

— Amy Landecker

To me, a good storyteller should be able to tell stories across genres.

— Ravi Subramanian

I am a voracious reader myself. I don't stick to one genre. My only criteria is that it's a good story. I try to…

— Karin Slaughter

It all comes down to what is best for those particular genres, and if you believe in the stories that you're telling and the…

— James Wan

The way I look at it, movies are a different medium for storytelling than books.

— Josh Hutcherson