I spent the first part of my career trying to avoid genre because I felt like genre, in some way, was cliche.
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I have a complex feeling about genre. I love it, but I hate it at the same time. I have the urge to make audiences thrill with the excitement of a genre, but I also try to betray and destroy the expectations placed on that genre.
The first half of my TV career, I didn't do any genre at all.
My focus is to not focus too much on one genre.
Basically, I just write whatever story grabs me rather than considering the genre.
I really don't think of my work in terms of a genre. I think of it in terms of what I want to say, what I think is cool, and what I'm good at.
I really love music that's on the periphery of not fitting into a clear genre. I felt like I was constantly being described as something I didn't really feel like I identified with.
I don't steer clear of genres. I simply haven't steered myself toward some of them.
There was a lot of pressure to find a genre and stick to it. People would tell me all the time, 'You can't be all things to everyone.' I would say, 'I'm not trying to be! I'm being what I want to be for myself.'
Genre, to me, is not all that important, and it never has been.
I didn't really distinguish between genre and not-genre as a kid, until I made the transition to adult fantasy via Terry Brooks.
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