About Quote by John Clute

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

— Rumaan Alam

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

Honestly, when you start talking about genres, you're talking as much about the business side of writing as anything else. Certainly there are elements…

— Kristin Hannah

“Genres are what holds each story together and help it along, but in no way should it ever be treated as a boundary, especially…

— Lauren Lola

I think that genre distinctions basically boil down to marketing categories, which are outdated. Any time people have an argument about them, they're arguing…

— Emily Gould

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

Genres are just names.

— Jimmy Iovine

There is only one genre in fiction, the genre is called book.

— Matt Haig

I never think about genre when I work. I've written fantasy, science fiction, supernatural fiction, and am now working on a suspense novel. Genres…

— Elizabeth Hand

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

I've never been particularly interested in genre distinctions. They seem to me more useful to a librarian than to a writer.

— Hisham Matar

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