The genres of the fantastic and the grotesque are far more interesting to me than most mnemonic fiction.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Fantastic fiction covers fantasy, horror and science fiction - and it doesn't get the attention it deserves from the literati.
The horror genre is vast and full of brilliance. Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, Herman Melville, the book of Esther. I'll happily join that list.
Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.
It's always been the genres that fascinated me. I think great action movies and great thrillers are transformative.
As with all types of writing, fantastical fiction depends on the same basic rules.
I have no favourite genre or style but treat each novel with the same care, imagination and craftsmanship. It's as difficult to write a crime or a children's novel with a touch of style and grace as it is a literary novel.
Fiction, even when it's grim and hard, is fun.
Up until doing this movie, I hadn't really paid a huge amount of attention to those genres, but after finishing this movie, it really gave me a different sense of appreciation of the way the movies play out.
I think my fascination is less with genre figures than with writers in general.
I've never really been a genre fan. I never grew up reading comic books or was a horror buff.