“I think I'm part of a generation of crime writers all of whom woke up independently and recoiled with horror at the fact that we'd chosen this very conservative genre.” ThinkingFactsGenerationsCrimeHorrorConservativeChosenGenre Author:Laura Lippman
“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
“My goal isn't so much genre, or fact-based or not fact-based. I just want to work on projects that I think could be great.” ThinkingWantFactsGoalProjectsGenre Author:Danny Strong
“Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into any bookstore or library, calculate how many lifetimes the average person would need to read all the fiction contained therein. To think that one has anything to contribute, to any genre or tradition, takes genuine hubris.” ThinkingNeedsWritingPersonsSelfWould BeWalksFictionIgnoranceEqualTraditionTasksLifetimeLibraryAverageGenuineGenreNovelistsArroganceBookstoresAverage PersonHubris Author:Laura Lippman
“I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindDoeFactsStuffIndustryAll KindsVanityGenreObliviousGenres Of Music Author:Keith Urban
“Nashville has always felt perfect. I don't think Third Man Records could exist in any other town that I know of in America. Anything smaller or larger than the size of Nashville, and also the music - the attention that's paid to music in that town is sort of the right kind. It's not too hipster and it's not too fake; it's something in the middle, which is really good ground for a place like Third Man Records, that aims to be genre-less. It's great to be able to have that kind of access.” ThinkingKnowsMenKindAbleAmericaFeltPerfectAttentionRecordsMiddleThirdsPaidTownsAimSizeAccessGenreFakeHipsterNashville Author:Jack White
“I definitely think that with music my favorite thing about Nashville is that it's a music hub that accepts and allows all genres to be present, and I think there's been a kind of fusing of genres lately that for me makes me really happy and excited.” ThinkingKindAcceptingMy FavoriteExcitedGenreFavorites ThingsReally HappyNashvilleHub Author:Taylor Swift
“You usually find me writing what I like to think of as intelligent summer action and genre films.” ThinkingWritingActionFilmSummerIntelligentGenreFind Me Author:Max Landis
“I Am Number Four' definitely borrows from a whole bunch of genres and has a whole bunch of different themes throughout. And I think if it was just one stale two-dimensional thing then it would be kind of boring. And I think they did a fantastic job.” IfsThinkingKindTwoDifferentWholeWould BeJobsNumbersFourBoringBunchFantasticGenreThemeJust OneBe KindStale Author:Callan McAuliffe