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Genres aren't closed boxes. Stuff flows back and forth across the borders all the time. -- Margaret Atwood
Genres pop up and get hot and then they die down. -- Bruce Campbell
Genres are just bottles for the various boats. The boats matter to me. -- Julianna Baggott
Genres aren't that relevant. Nearly every form of music is a melting pot of things of things. -- Jacob Bannon
Genres are like the surface of the ocean. There are waves and things moving, but you don't instantly see all the reefs and ecosystems that's happening beneath the surface. -- Charlie Jane Anders
If you're a writer, you don't serve genres. Genres serve you. Like, if you're writing a science fiction story set on a spaceship, you don't have to have someone thrown out an airlock. -- Charlie Jane Anders
Genres do exist because frequent users of any large bookstore can instantly tell what any piece of fiction is supposed to be about by its title, its cover and its location in the shop. -- John Clute
Genres give a vocabulary. They give a frame of reference for the audience to enter into a movie. Then, once they have their footing, that's when you can start doing things that they don't expect. -- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
I never think about genre when I work. I've written fantasy, science fiction, supernatural fiction, and am now working on a suspense novel. Genres are mostly useful as a marketing tool, and to help booksellers known where to shelve a book. -- Elizabeth Hand
I don't believe in landing on one genre. That's too limiting. I don't think about that when I'm writing and recording. I just make what I feel should happen. Genres almost feel like something that's more for the listener; a need to organize it in categories. -- Brooke Waggoner
Genres have a history and impose a historical character upon the writer. What is interesting in the poem involves a certain kind of dramatization of the self that you don't have to engage in in the essay. In fact, the essay is a more social medium than the poem. -- Vijay Seshadri
I try not to discriminate against genres. -- Ryan Gosling
At any one time language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects. -- David Crystal
Dance music is like a virus: it has affected so many different genres. -- Avicii
Historically, black music has influenced other cultures and other genres and created other genres. -- Miguel
I love dabbling in different genres, and I like being good at different genres of cinema. -- Priyanka Chopra
Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music. -- Herbie Hancock
What I like about the 'Underworld' thing is that it's a mix of cool genres, as well as creating its own message. -- Theo James
I like the idea of working in different genres and transcending genres and hopefully finding success, and ultimately make movies people like. -- Dwayne Johnson
Comedy's my first love. I love that so much. You play comedy in drama, too. The difference between genres doesn't really change the method of acting. -- Emma Stone
My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that. -- Taylor Lautner
The negative attitudes toward the genres - romance, science-fiction, westerns, suspense, etc. - are fallout from the academic world's long-standing fascination with existential philosophy and modern theories of psychology and sociology. -- Jayne Ann Krentz
Lou Reed's music has been in the lives of millions of people all over the world for decades. He had a truly universal presence and was respected by musicians across all genres. -- Henry Rollins
The biggest misconception about us is that we're just a rock band. We think our music is a cross-section of many genres; a hybrid of what the six of us have grown up on. -- Brad Delson
One of the most interesting things about science fiction and fantasy is the way that the genres can offer different perspectives on matters to do with the body, the mind, medical technology, and the way we live our lives. -- Tansy Rayner Roberts
I work intentionally to try and make dense, complex things. We can move between genres and forms, from something that looks like a PowerPoint lecture to something that looks like an informercial to something that looks like a cinematic melodrama. -- Elizabeth Price
I'd love to do a sci-fi movie, a western, or an espionage thriller. But I'm not going to limit myself. If a good script comes along, I'm not going to discount it because it doesn't fit into one of these genres. -- Park Chan-wook
I'm a huge cinemaphile. My interest in filmmaking came out of experimenting with different genres, and I wanted to go back to working in a way that was more personal, which, for me, was artwork. Commercials and films are more collaborative. -- Marco Brambilla
Playing with different genres and perspectives and ways of telling stories is one of the perks of being a novelist, but at the same time, I want precision. And in order to be precise about stuff, you have to get personal. Symbolism is very boring. -- Linn Ullmann
I love finding out-of-the-box inspirations and blending them with what I've done in the past. And when I started to experiment with genres, it didn't sound forced. Maybe that's because it's all music that I listened to growing up, and it's all music that I love. -- Avicii
The literature of menopause is the saddest, the most awful, and the most medical of all genres. You're sleepless, you're anxious, you're fat, you're depressed - and the advice is always the same: take more walks, eat some kale, and drink lots of water. It didn't help. -- Sandra Tsing Loh
I never wanted to stay in one genre; I never wanted to be pigeon-holed or defined as the actor who only worked in one genre. I want to be able to work in all different genres. For me it's fun, and that's how I grow as an actor. -- Dwayne Johnson
One of the most prevalent and undermentioned genres of music is what is known as noise. You can find it all over the world happening in basements, small venues and even some festivals. Often blown off or belittled by critics, the form for the most part goes unheard and unnoticed. -- Henry Rollins
Music is there for us to explore. To intentionally limit yourself to one, two, or three genres is limitation at its worst. Music is huge; it's a gigantic history lesson, and if you are true music fan or a musician, you should explore it. It's all right there in front of us. -- Phil Anselmo
Does art have a future? Performance genres like opera, theater, music and dance are thriving all over the world, but the visual arts have been in slow decline for nearly 40 years. No major figure of profound influence has emerged in painting or sculpture since the waning of Pop Art and the birth of Minimalism in the early 1970s. -- Camille Paglia
Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. But while I do, of course, now feel the pressure having had books that have been very successful, I just know I have to concentrate on writing for myself. I can't worry about genres or markets or what might be commercial or not. That never works. -- Kate Morton
Life isn't divided into genres -- Alan Moore
The real genres: good and bad. -- Franz Grillparzer
I love mixing up my genres. -- Rosanne Cash
It's crazy to close doors to any genres. -- David Lynch
I have the death sentence in seven genres. -- Jasper Fforde
There's not really genres as storytelling in Austria, unfortunately. -- Susanne Wuest
I like to deconstruct things, deconstruct genres and stories. -- Will Gluck
Creatively I just enjoy challenging myself in different genres. -- Debra Messing
I love the idea that all genres can have subsets. -- Robert Englund
I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres. -- Mika
A good song can be produced in several different genres. -- Wendy Starland
If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine. -- William H. Gass
All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity. -- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
I'd like to try different genres: comedy, period drama, rom-com, action. -- Nina Dobrev
To me genres were always an imaginary things, they're just marketing channels. -- Michael Gungor
I don't have a favorite. I need different genres at different times. -- Julianna Baggott
I'd like to extend my career a little bit into different genres. -- Jason Sudeikis
I read a lot - and I read a variety of genres. -- Nora Roberts
I feel most comfortable keeping versatile when it comes to music genres. -- Thia Megia
The kind of actors I admire move through different characters and genres. -- Andrew Scott
We have such a mixture now, such a fusion of different genres. -- Ryszard Kapuscinski
As an actor, I am meant to dabble with different themes and genres. -- Sanjay Dutt
Our lives are full of all the genres. Fear and hope and sadness. -- Nicolas Roeg
I am all about switching between genres and doing as much as possible. -- David Koechner
Dance music is like a virus, it has affected so many different genres -- Avicii
I'm very open to all different genres because I'm a very open-minded girl. -- Gal Gadot
Musicals and horror movies are my two favorite genres because they're about extremes. -- Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
The demand for absolute purity of genres is becoming nowadays an anachronism in literature. -- Stanislaw Lem
I have done all of the genres, and the dramatic role is my favorite. -- Jeff Daniels
Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish. -- Dean Koontz
I've always wanted to be an actor that explores different genres and different characters. -- Rose McIver
I like to write in all different genres. I just like a new challenge. -- Alison McGhee
I want to play a variety of different characters in different genres of film. -- Victoria Justice
I love horror, fantasy and sci-fi. Those are my genres of love and devotion. -- Bryan Fuller
Writing a novel that crosses genres is a risk, but one well worth taking. -- Chet Williamson
I love so many different genres. I love crime films - and unusual coming-of-age pieces. -- Geoffrey S. Fletcher
All my movies are difficult to classify because they are very eclectic in mixing genres. -- Pedro Almodovar
I don't steer clear of genres. I simply haven't steered myself toward some of them. -- Amy Tan
I'm developing some other things in other genres, including one dramatic piece. So, anything's possible. -- Jay Roach
I take the same approach in all genres of art, across the board. It's intuitive. -- Erykah Badu
Comedy was one of those genres that while appearing quite jolly was actually highly dangerous. -- Jasper Fforde
It's just cool to do something different and branch out and dabble in different genres. -- Lights
I have been exposed to most musical genres and have learned how to tackle them effectively. -- Wendy Starland
I see my music as Emotional Therapeutic Pop music that bleeds into loads of different genres. -- Jessie J
I've always been uninterested in boundaries or quarantines between tastes and types, between mediums and genres. -- Jonathan Lethem
The Midwest is a musical melting pot and the source and birthplace of several musical genres. -- Chuck Inglish
The genres change but all of my stories feature ordinary people thrown into frightening, life-altering situations. -- Brian Pinkerton
Different genres allow me to not feel so hemmed in by my own voice, tics, style. -- Julianna Baggott
Science fiction is one of the smartest genres around because you have to have so much forethought. -- Amanda Schull
But my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems are illogical. -- Octavia Butler
Temeraire' is a terrific meld of two genres that I particularly love - fantasy and historical epic. -- Peter Jackson
One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I write across genres so I see them, more often, as complementary instead of separated by boundaries. -- Julianna Baggott
At the end of the day, the Grammys are about recognizing genres that are making an impact. -- Keith Urban
My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear. -- K. D. Lang
The goal [of mine] was always to work in as many different genres as I possibly could. -- Dwayne Johnson
I just want to see a good movie. Fortunately, good movies come in all sorts of genres. -- Colin Cunningham
I have always touched on different genres whether it has been hip-hop, country and the rock element. -- Kid Rock
Terrific! A successful blend of genres, complex and fascinating characters, and loads of suspense make 24 Bones a must-read. -- Nate Kenyon
I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth. -- George R. R. Martin
I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music. -- Herbie Hancock
I am a fan of the true crime and horror genres! So, I've got a dark side too. -- Ladyhawke
I love to listen to lots of different genres of music, but mostly movie soundtracks and music theater. -- Joseph Gatt
I always think it's a sign of a truly gifted director when they can move seamlessly between genres. -- Cillian Murphy
I really want to do a western film. It's one of my favorite movie genres of all time. -- Denis Leary
I don't care about the genre so much. I'm good with horror, but I like other genres, too. -- Bruce Campbell
There are certain tenets set in place for all different types on genres. For thrillers, women usually die first. -- Katie Aselton
I am not interested in genres. I am interested in doing the best work I can in whatever medium. -- Jeanette
I really enjoy directing television because you get to work in so many different genres and with different people. -- Tony Goldwyn
I want to work with a wide range of genres because it gives each film a different cinematic energy. -- Kim Jee-woon
I think most people now listen to different genres when they have different moods. I know I certainly do. -- Doug Walters
But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece. -- Sarah Michelle Gellar
I want to work with a wide range of genres because it gives each film a different cinematic energy. -- Kim Jee-woon
I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies. -- Sam Mendes
I listen to a wide variety of music of all genres, but sometimes you just need a cheesy pop song. -- Cynthia Addai-Robinson
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But there is always a time and a place for the subsets within genres. -- Robert Englund
I think the combination of action and the combination of comedy are two really, really good genres to meld together. -- Neal H. Moritz
The Muppets have such a great tradition of bringing together all of genres of actors and all ages of actors. -- Amy Adams
I would not be surprised to see interesting new forms of expression and literary genres develop as the e-book movement matures. -- Tom Peters
If you don't try and explore genres and have freedom of creativity, you're just wasting your position as a pop band. -- Adam Anderson
The failures of other genres to provide an emotional connection with some of their characters and narratives gives memoir a toehold. -- Mary Karr
I'm a fan of all these genres of music, everything from Mumford & Sons to Beach Boys to doo-wop music to reggae. -- B.o.B
It's important to listen to lots of different genres because you never know when something will get born out of it. -- David Lynch
I do enjoy intense, bloodthirsty action, but I like to blend and cross genres. I don't want to be too predictable. -- Neil Marshall

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