Quotes About Genre

The novel is a hybrid genre and a large part of its charm arises from the alluvial nature of its materials. There is nothing that doesn't suit a novelist in action, when he's in the course of writing his novel.

because genre is a construct for the purpose of commerce, not pleasure, and ultimately for the purpose of listening to less

With rock music, the amount of power that you can generate, the intensity behind the intentions of your lyrics that you can really reflect through rock music - you can't do that in jazz. You can't do that with classical.

I work in musical theater because people keep writing quality stories in the genre, and I'm really all about investing in a piece that says something about our current time, that is, a reflection on who we are today.

I definitely have that bug; I'd really like to do some auteur, existential pieces, darker films, something that's really reflective of life. But I also love the genre of rom-coms, and I don't see myself completely detaching from that.

I first started writing historical fiction in the late '70s and kept pictures of Kathleen Woodiwiss and Rosemary Rogers on my refrigerator until my first book was published by Avon in 1982. The biggest advantage of this genre for me is that it allows me to blend fact and fiction.

I don't read 'genre' fiction if that means novels with lots of killing and shooting. Even Cormac McCarthy's 'No Country for Old Men' seemed pretty childish in that regard.

At the end of the day, I'm writing in a genre that isn't highly regarded.

All writing and publishing is very difficult, regardless of genre. There are going to be obstacles no matter what.

I always know I'm a country singer, and regardless of where I've fallen into different places with my music, I know that, really, I'm a country singer.

I have often said that I think children's books are like poetry. Finding the exact right words to tell a story is something all writers, regardless of genre, are challenged to do, but it is in children's that the art of selection really becomes an art.

I don't think you can mix classical music and reggae. It's not possible. But some producer in, like, Norway is going to put it together.

I've been listening to a lot of dance, hip-hop, drum-and-bass, reggae, R&B - very rhythmical music.

I don't know that Dilla was the father of neo-soul as much as he was highly influential in that time when he was doing what he was doing at his best... Dilla's influence transcended genre and it transcended region.

I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world.

I remember starting working on the concept and the script for 'Pacific Rim' with a very, very conscious decision to say, 'I don't want any of these big sequences to take place in America,' because I feel like that's become so regular to the disaster genre, and then it sort of devolves into landmark stomping.

I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something.

Country music is so related to gospel. It seems I could go down that road pretty easily.

If I do something related to English music, it will be definitely in the direction of R&B and pop.

I would much rather watch a horror film or science fiction than a comedy. I don't know why. I just like them. I find them relaxing.

My intent is never to leave Latin music. I definitely still want to release bachata albums.

If 'Castlevania' wasn't created next to me, and Capcom didn't release 'Ghouls n' Goblins,' then maybe there wouldn't be any 'Metal Gear,' and I would have created a horror action game, because I really like that genre.

I think Ye is important to hip-hop.

I am a hip-hop fanatic, and rock fanatic.