Form Quote by Juliana Spahr

I work intentionally to try and make dense, complex things. We can move between genres and forms, from something that looks like a PowerPoint…

— Elizabeth Price

Being part of a community of writers is huge. I really think that's why people go to MFA programs.

— Alice Mattison

The ideal for me is to mix it up. When I have a writing workshop, I like to have people that are anthropologists and…

— Sandra Cisneros

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

— Hisham Matar

“Genre, then, as a means of study is a way we can examine and discuss the elements and functions of a type of practice.…

— David Bate

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

— Rumaan Alam

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

I don't mind doing genre roles as long as they offer me something substantial.

— Radhika Apte

If you're part of any kind of writerly community, some of those people will have gone through MFA programs, and their thinking leaks into…

— Chad Harbach

I might be at a point where I don't want to go with a genre convention but I have to produce some pages. It's…

— Charlie Huston

There are no requirements when you're using a particular genre. It's not like the genre is your boss and you have to do what…

— Charlie Jane Anders

MFA programs are to the world of art what gentrification is to your neighborhood.

— Sarah Schulman