“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 don't want my writing to be so unique that when you apply it to different genres, it seems like the previous show that people know you from.” PeopleKnowsWantWritingDifferentShowsSeemsUniqueGenreDifferent Genres Author:Shawn Ryan
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer showed the whole world, and an entire sprawling industry, that writing monsters and demons and end-of-the-world is not hack-work, it can challenge the best. Joss Whedon raised the bar for every writer - not just genre or niche writers, but every single one of us.” WorldWritingEndsWholeChallengesIndustryRaisedMonstersBarsWhole WorldVampireGenreDemonWorking ItEnd Of The WorldNicheHacksSlayerBuffy The Vampire Slayer Author:Russell T Davies
“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
“You usually find me writing what I like to think of as intelligent summer action and genre films.” ThinkingWritingActionFilmSummerIntelligentGenreFind Me Author:Max Landis
“I like the idea of trying to write a book in every genre.” WritingTryingBookIdeasGenre Author:China Mieville
“It's very important, at least to me as a writer, that there be some rules on the table when I'm writing. Rules come from genres. You're writing in a genre, there are rules, which is great because then you can break the rules. That's when really exciting things happen.” WritingImportantHappensBreakExcitingTablesThings HappenGenreExciting Things Author:Lev Grossman
“If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.” IfsWritingFictionReaderGenre Author:Yann Martel
“The world is full of novels in which characters simply say and do. There are certainly legitimate genres in which this is sufficient. But in real and lasting writing the character is.” WorldWritingRealCharacterNovelGenreSufficientLastingLasting Love Author:Ruth Park