Books Quote by Lynn Abbey

I'm a writer, not a genre.

— Carlos Fuentes

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

— Sarah Pinborough

I'm mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror.

— Sarah Zettel

I don't think I will write anything that could be even remotely considered a genre novel from this point on. I think I've graduated.

— James Ellroy

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

— Anne Lamott

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

— Dan Brown

As a rule, I don't worry about genre. I just want to tell a good story, with characters that interest me and my readers.

— Stephen King

Fiction has always been a thorn in my side, because I've always wanted to be a writer but I can't seem to really do…

— Sufjan Stevens

I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer.

— Jon Krakauer

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

I'd like to write fiction. Perhaps at some stage.

— John Gimlette

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure?

— Tanith Lee