Karyn Kusama Quotes

The genres of the fantastic and the grotesque are far more interesting to me than most mnemonic fiction.

Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.

I would try to write 'realistic' fiction, and someone would fly, or there would be a black hole full of demons or a girl who attracted frogs.

I love horror, fantasy and sci-fi. Those are my genres of love and devotion.

In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown.

In all my books, I try to have a strong element of realism underlying the fantastic.

Fantasy and science fiction are where my brain lives.

I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.

I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared.

I'm a huge fan of science fiction, horror, and fantasy films.

I'm mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror.

The thing with Stephen King is that everyone dies, and everyone comes back to life. So you never know with his mind where things go. It's the same with Steven Spielberg, too.

I discovered the fun of genre is... you get to explore your fears, and you get to use the metaphor of the genre - whether it's a giant monster or a... 12-year-old vampire. Whatever it is, you can sink something underneath the surface and make a personal film under the guise of great fun romp.

I could never write about strange kingdoms. I could never do 'Harry Potter' or anything like that. Even when I did science-fiction, I didn't write about foreign planets and distant futures. I certainly never did fantasies about trolls living under bridges.

Realism isn't something most people associate with the fantasy genre, yet it's an essential element of great fantasy writing.

I was someone who really loved fantasy novels and science fiction novels.

What I personally gravitate toward tends to be fantasy, medium dark - not too dark - fairy tales and sci fi. Stop-motion takes something on the page that's really dark and adds a little sweetness to it, a living toys realm.

In any genre you're working in, you can always find a way to tell a particular kind of story. I love fantasy; I love science fiction. I love all kinds of fiction, in fact.

I'm not writing fairy tales or object lessons.

It's the imagination that is involved in sci-fi, and fantasy is what draws me to it. Stories, everything.

I'm a huge sci-fi/fantasy/horror guy. I love anything in the sci-fi or fantasy genre.

I'm so excited to see 'Horns' because it's so many different genres in one film. It's a sci-fi, it's a love story, it's a horror movie, it's a fairy tale.

Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist.

For me personally, I think I just enjoy movies about werewolves or vampires because it's not like an everyday thing. It's something you can really escape into.

I grew up as an artist. Science fiction allows for design and creatures and guns and all the stuff that I like as well. So I think most of the films I make, I'm sure, will be in that category. But I can also see myself making a film like 'Black Hawk Down,' and I could also totally do horror.