Genre Quotes - page 8

In the early twenty-first century, perhaps the most important artistic genre is science fiction. Very few people read the latest articles in the fields of machine learning or genetic engineering. Instead, movies such as The Matrix and Her and TV series such as Westworld and Black Mirror shape how people understand the most important technological, social and economic developments of our time. (Yuval Noah Harari)
Genre might certainly increase some of your narrative freedoms, but it also diminishes others. That's the nature of genre. View quote
Junot Diaz
'Drown' was always a hybrid book. It's connected stories - partially a story collection but partially a novel. I always wanted the reader to decide which genre they thought the book belonged to more - story, novel, neither, both. View quote
Junot Diaz
I see myself as attempting to break ground. I definitely am trying to create my own genre here... I'm attempting to tell stories in a very new and entertaining way. View quote
Ben Mezrich
I grew up on genre - on Westerns, spy thrillers, sci-fi, fantasy novels, horror novels. Especially horror novels. View quote
Benjamin Percy
My favourite genre lies inside myself, and as I follow my favourite stories, characters and images, it sums up to a certain genre. So at times even I have to try to guess which genre a film will be after I've made it. View quote
Bong Joon-ho
I have a complex feeling about genre. I love it, but I hate it at the same time. I have the urge to make audiences thrill with the excitement of a genre, but I also try to betray and destroy the expectations placed on that genre. View quote
Bong Joon-ho
When I was a kid, I was always watching genre movies on TV. View quote
Bong Joon-ho
I am a fan of the monster and horror genre but that's not my style as a director. View quote
Bong Joon-ho
Southern Gothic is alive and well. It's not just a genre, it is a way of life. View quote
Greg Iles
Fantasy gets a mixed reception - a lot of fantasy is formulaic but most of the award-winning fantasy on the contrary tends to be the stuff at the edges of the genre, rather than swimming in the middle. (Graham Joyce)
Well, you know, I feel like it's about a lot of things. The reason that I made it was because I thought it was really funny and unique and just a different genre. View quote
Danny DeVito
In my books and in romance as a genre, there is a positive, uplifting feeling that leaves the reader with a sense of encouragement and hope for a brighter future - or a brighter present. View quote
Debbie Macomber
Down the road a bit, I would like to write a couple of stand-alone adult novels, especially in the horror genre. I've got lots of things up my sleeve. View quote
James Dashner
I think suspense should be like any other color on a writer's palette. I suppose I'm in the minority but I think it's crazy for 'literary fiction' to divorce itself from stories that are suspenseful, and assign anything with cops or spies or criminals to some genre ghetto. View quote
Jess Walter
Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming. View quote
Jeffery Deaver
I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since I was 11 or 12 I think, so I understand it and I'm not at all surprised that readers of the genre might enjoy my books. View quote
Jean M. Auel
Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction. View quote
Joan D. Vinge
Most of the adventure genre is about how there is some enemy that's lurking, and someone rises up to confront it and maintain order. There's no getting away from that story. View quote
Jordan Peterson
As a filmmaker you get typecast just as much as an actor does, so I'm trapped in a genre that I love, but I'm trapped in it! View quote
George A. Romero
If one horror film hits, everyone says, 'Let's go make a horror film.' It's the genre that never dies. (George A. Romero)
I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single genre. View quote
Emma Donoghue
What has always attracted me in life is poetry. Any genre can have poetry. For me, poetry contains truth. View quote
Jean Marais
I don't really care that much about genre labels. I tend to write across a variety of different genres. View quote
Ken Liu
I think romantic comedy, when done right, is my favorite genre. It's just a genre that's very human. View quote
Lena Dunham