Book Quote by Elizabeth Hand

I don't really think about genre. I like to write books that I'd love to read myself.

— Dan Brown

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

If you're a writer, you don't serve genres. Genres serve you. Like, if you're writing a science fiction story set on a spaceship, you…

— Charlie Jane Anders

It doesn't really matter what "genre" your book is. What matters is that it's a good book of its kind. Whatever that kind may…

— Margaret Atwood

I actually prefer to work in as many different genres as possible as often as possible because I actually think the best way to…

— Christopher Lennertz

I've written six novels and four pieces of nonfiction, so I don't really have a genre these days.

— Anne Lamott

I really don't think of my work in terms of a genre. I think of it in terms of what I want to say,…

— Christopher Moore

I don't consider genre while writing.

— Karin Tidbeck

Part of the job is knowing how to use this medium in the most effective way for the story you're telling, so for me,…

— Alan Menken

I like westerns, fantasy, sci-fi, graphic novels, thrillers, and I try to avoid the word 'genre' altogether. A good book is a good book.

— Gillian Flynn

I don't have a problem with many uses of the word genre, just certain ones. I have the most trouble when these labels are…

— Michael Chabon

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

— Rumaan Alam