Genre Identification Quotes

It's really cool when, in every genre of music, you can listen to a song and know what era it was from.

Personally, I think 'Dead Americans' is the best title I have, but you can't win with everyone. Titles have to be short, catchy, not too obscure, not offensive, and still capture the genre, and so on and so forth. Takeshi Kitano has it about right when he says he'd just like to title his films by number.

I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform.

It's how you define yourself. It's not Nirvana or Pearl Jam: it's, 'Do you watch 'Portlandia' or 'Amy Schumer'?' It relates to a specific sense of humor. And, 'Do you know the hidden gems?' Like, if you knew the Pixies in the '80s.

We do not enjoy poetry unless we know it to be poetry.

I met someone who said they'd figured out my genre: "madcap redemption comedy." I'll buy that.

My favourite genre lies inside myself, and as I follow my favourite stories, characters and images, it sums up to a certain genre. So at times even I have to try to guess which genre a film will be after I've made it.

You can't tell by looking at a film-clip whether it is a drama or a documentary without knowing how it was produced.

Publishers love to compartmentalize, and 'Second Chance' was not an easy novel to define.

I don't like to label films with a genre.

I want my writing to reach people. I don't write for a market. I write from my heart, something that appeals to me. The marketing, segmenting etc., can be done by your publisher, not you.

What genre it falls under is only of interest later.