Even Quote by Tanith Lee

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

— Tanith Lee

I'm a writer, not a genre.

— Carlos Fuentes

The world is full of novels in which characters simply say and do. There are certainly legitimate genres in which this is sufficient. But…

— Ruth Park

A writer must experiment with genres. Otherwise, it is a restriction on the craft.

— Ravi Subramanian

I don't consider genre while writing.

— Karin Tidbeck

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

— Matt Haig

Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.

— Dean Koontz

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'm not constrained by being a genre writer. Any story I can imagine, I can cast as a fantasy novel and probably get it…

— Lynn Abbey

There are so many different types of writers. It's just sheer coincidence that they're all called writers.

— Renata Adler

So much of what I write in fiction is based on true stories.

— Mark Kurlansky

As a screenwriter I'm often writing in genres where there have been thousands of movies; whereas when I direct movies they tend to be…

— John Sayles