Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote. Votes: 4
Tanith LeeGenre is a useful concept only when used not evaluatively but descriptively. Votes: 3
Ursula K. Le GuinGenre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience. Votes: 3
Walter Jon WilliamsA predilection for genre fiction is symptomatic of a kind of arrested development. Votes: 2
Thomas M. DischLiterary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish. Votes: 2
Dean KoontzPeople just want to watch movies that are entertaining, it doesn't matter what genre it is. Votes: 2
Matthew VaughnI love the paranormal, because there, every genre I write can become one beacon for my imagination. Votes: 2
Leslie BanksJazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music. Votes: 2
Herbie HancockI've written six novels and four pieces of nonfiction, so I don't really have a genre these days. Votes: 2
Anne LamottEverything changes in every genre, whether it's pop, rock or country. Votes: 0
Mary Chapin CarpenterI think movies should illuminate and teach, but that's for a certain genre. Votes: 0
Jordana BrewsterThe crime fiction genre offers the writer infinite diversity of theme and treatment. Votes: 0
Stanley EllinIt's very difficult to make comedy work; I think it's a very underrated genre. Votes: 0
Andrew ScottI never even considered comedy genre as something to embrace or move away from. Votes: 0
Edward NortonI grew up reading a lot of these super weird, genre-bending Southern gothic writers. Votes: 0
Karen RussellI think women have always been considered objects, especially in the genre of westerns. Votes: 0
Sergio LeoneUnfortunately in television, for whatever reason, fantasy became thought of as a kids' genre. Votes: 0
George R. R. MartinThe excellence of this important contribution to genre literature CANNOT be overstated A masterwork. Votes: 0
William F. NolanThere are women in every genre having a lot of success. Why not celebrate that? Votes: 0
Sarah McLachlanA lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that? Votes: 0
Robert GlasperI'm so beyond genre, drama, comedies, I just want to do really good, interesting projects. Votes: 0
Patton OswaltI would agree with you that there's 90% imitation and 10% innovation. That's true of any genre. Votes: 0
DJ ShadowI write almost everything, actually. Songs, poems, stories. And stories out of every genre, too. Votes: 0
Jackie EvanchoWhat drives me is exploration with a purpose, more the classic Royal Geographical Society genre. Votes: 0
Robert BallardWe knew that there was a certain kind of interest in Whale among a genre crowd. Votes: 0
Bill CondonA lot like Dave Matthews or John Mayer, I kind of stick with the acoustic genre. Votes: 0
Brandon JonesThere's only one type of music and that's good music, no matter what genre it is. Votes: 0
will.i.amJames McMurtry is a true Americana poet - actually he is a poet regardless of genre Votes: 0
Michael NesmithI came to terms with living mostly in a world of horror pictures or genre pictures. Votes: 0
Wes CravenI'm a huge sci-fi/fantasy/horror guy. I love anything in the sci-fi or fantasy genre. Votes: 0
Sean HayesI always find myself pulled back into the fantasy genre, and I can't really explain it. Votes: 0
Nick WillingI want to work with my friends because Canadian genre publishing is a really small pool. Votes: 0
Ed GreenwoodI'm defending fiction as a human capacity more than as a popular or dying literary genre. Votes: 0
Ben LernerMy films have elements of genre in them, which prevents them from being purely art films. Votes: 0
Mary HarronStruggling writers are often advised to pick a simple genre, but it doesn't work that way. Votes: 0
Alan FurstIn some ways we want definitions that can help protect our own interpretations of the genre. Votes: 0
John D'AgataI don't know, just scripts randomly appeal to me. I'm not looking specifically at any genre. Votes: 0
Robert PattinsonI met someone who said they'd figured out my genre: "madcap redemption comedy." I'll buy that. Votes: 0
Harold RamisThe purpose of concept art as a genre is to unbrainwash our mathematical and logical faculties. Votes: 0
Henry FlyntWhy westerns get segregated into a genre in Hollywood, I don't know... It's just good entertainment. Votes: 0
Tom SelleckI like romantic comedy as a genre, but I think it can get stuck in its ways. Votes: 0
Zooey DeschanelAs a viewer, I never want any movie ruined for me, no matter what the genre is. Votes: 0
Drew GoddardI have created a new genre. It is a soulful creation that comes straight from my heart. Votes: 0
Kailash KherI devour books. But for the longest time, I refused to pay attention to genre or labels. Votes: 0
Alison TylerI'm a self-confessed genre nerd. I'm a very serious actor, but a genre nerd, all the same. Votes: 0
Penelope MitchellThe 'Western' is the only genre whose origins are almost identical with those of the cinema itself. Votes: 0
Andre BazinWhile writing a novel I almost completely stop reading books in the same sub-genre for the duration. Votes: 0
Charles StrossI am a fan of the monster and horror genre but that's not my style as a director. Votes: 0
Bong Joon-hoOne thing I know is that I don't want to be a director for hire, making genre films. Votes: 0
Paul MazurskyA great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre. Votes: 0
Vikas SwarupI don't care about the genre so much. I'm good with horror, but I like other genres, too. Votes: 0
Bruce CampbellI'm not necessarily that big of a clubbing junkie, but I really like dance music as a genre. Votes: 0
MikaI love space opera, and I believe that every sub-genre has potential no matter how old it is. Votes: 0
Erica BrownAs a European filmmaker, you can not make a genre film seriously. You can only make a parody. Votes: 0
Michael HanekeI love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho. Votes: 0
Valorie CurryI don't know what genre I've fallen into, I don't know where it is, and that's really exciting. Votes: 0
Erol AlkanYou usually find me writing what I like to think of as intelligent summer action and genre films. Votes: 0
Max LandisI'm quite a rational person. I'm not very superstitious, but I really do enjoy horror as a genre. Votes: 0
Gemma ChanFringe' is a sci-fi show. But once you go beyond the genre, you're immersed in a profound reality. Votes: 0
Anna Torv'Fringe' is a sci-fi show. But once you go beyond the genre, you're immersed in a profound reality. Votes: 0
Anna TorvI was crazy about the song "Doot Doot," so I usually love this genre of weird, European electronic. Votes: 0
Margaret ChoI think romantic comedy, when done right, is my favorite genre. It's just a genre that's very human. Votes: 0
Lena DunhamI never thought I would do a game show, but now I guess I'm now officially in that genre. Votes: 0
Jeff FoxworthyNo, the horror genre is not my first love. I don't run to the theater to see horror films. Votes: 0
Amanda RighettiI read a lot of scripts and so many are clearly a knockoff of one familiar genre or another. Votes: 0
Edward NortonI think I've never really liked the idea of genre, a film that follows the rules of a genre. Votes: 0
Nicolas RoegI've never really been a genre fan. I never grew up reading comic books or was a horror buff. Votes: 0
Chad LindbergI've never really been a genre fan. I never grew up reading comic books, or was a horror buff. Votes: 0
Chad LindbergPodiobooks rules. It's still the best way I know to find an audience for longer works in any genre. Votes: 0
Nathan LowellAction comedy, if you can get it right, it is, for me, a particularly brilliant genre. It really is. Votes: 0
Jason StathamMy dad was on 'Zombieland,' and I love that movie. So yeah, I think I like the horror genre! Votes: 0
Chandler RiggsI put things on shuffle a lot, which is probably why I don't have a very good idea of genre. Votes: 0
Oliver SimThe genre of television that I love and watch is so vast. There's not one type of thing I love. Votes: 0
Bridget ReganI think [Doctor Strange] it is - it does tap into a supernatural type of genre that is not horror. Votes: 0
Kevin FeigeWhen a horror movie is well done, I love it and I put it up in esteem with any other genre. Votes: 0
David HayterIf it's got the feeling, if the music moves you or not, it doesn't matter what the genre is to me. Votes: 0
Casey JamesI think if I did do something in another genre, it would be science fiction; I'm a big sci fi nerd. Votes: 0
Allen CovertWhat I had to say was, in general, I'm not really a fan of any one genre of any kind of film. Votes: 0
Adam ArkinThe action genre is not always the most synonymous with character development. Votes: 4 Eric Dane
I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform. But if you dress up in a police officer's uniform, it doesn't mean that you are an officer; it can mean something else. Votes: 1 Wong Kar-wai
I think the type of actor I am, I tend to play strong leading female characters. The shows I've been on happen to be science fiction genre. Votes: 4 Alaina Huffman
There is a sort of genre of optimistic science fiction that I like, and I don't think there is enough of. One of my favourites is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, 'The City and the Stars.' It's set in this far future on Earth in this somewhat static society and trying to break out. Votes: 1 Peter Thiel