“There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.” PeopleWritingRealityFormCultureLeftWonderComedyTvsStandardsRomanticHarderEntertainmentGenreClassicLegitimacyReality Tv Author:Nancy Meyers
“Thanks to the success of Henning Mankell and Peter Hoeg, there wasn't the same stigma attached to writing genre thrillers in Scandinavia as there was in many other cultures. Quite the opposite, in fact.” WritingFactsCultureOppositesThanksGenrePeterStigmaThrillersOther CulturesScandinavia Author:Jo Nesbo
“I think this whole division between the genres has more to do with marketing than anything else. It's terrible for the culture of music.” ThinkingWholeCultureTerribleMarketingGenreDivision Author:Tom Waits