Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Shields

Genre is a minimum security prison,

Bruce Willis

But the action film genre is gonna have to come up with some new bad guys.

Brion James

The best thing about Sci-Fi, which is my favorite genre, is that there are no rules for behavior. So you can do anything you want.

Dean Koontz

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

Conor McPherson

I could not flourish in the Hollywood system because the first thing spoken about is "What genre is it?" and "Who's it for?" It's a very strange question to me; it's for human beings.

Orson Scott Card

At some point, every science fiction and fantasy story must challenge the reader's experience and learning. That's much of the reason why the genre is so open to experimentation and innovation that other genres reject--strangeness is our bread and butter. Spread it thick or slice it thin, it's still our staff of life.

Rachel Nichols

One of the great things about the sci-fi genre is that you can kind of get away with a bit more when talking politics, making social references or dealing with very hot-button topics because it is sci-fi.

Keith Carradine

The Western genre is certainly something with which I'm familiar.

Jacques Audiard

What interests me about genre is that the public connects immediately with it, it has certain rules, certain codes the audience recognizes. I can use that to create something very big.

Carlos Fuentes

Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre.

Thomas Ligotti

I'm completely indifferent to what genre I read provided that I feel sympathy with how a writer perceives being alive in the world.

David Shields

Genre is a minimum security prison,

Emraan Hashmi

I am not doing comedy because the genre is successful. If that was the case, I would have done a run-of-the-mill comedy film. I set my own trends. I like to give something new and different to my audiences. I want to do the kind of comedy that has been missing till now.

Alan Moore

Life isn't divided into genres

Bruce Willis

But the action film genre is gonna have to come up with some new bad guys.

Brion James

The best thing about Sci-Fi, which is my favorite genre, is that there are no rules for behavior. So you can do anything you want.

Dean Koontz

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

Kathy Najimy

It's really not the genre for me, or the venue, it's the writing.

Brian Eno

I've never used a PC in my life; I don't like them.

Dhani Harrison

Im still getting used to being called a composer. A poseur, maybe.

Janet Jackson

That's a part of me going back to what I used to do.

China Chow

I used to be more glamorous.

Chesley Sullenberger

It's amazing what you can learn to get used to.

Brian Molko

I'm a weirdo magnet, but I'm handling it better than I used to.

Brett Favre

You know I used to listen to music a lot more.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.

Bernard Ebbers

I used practically all the money I had available.