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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.

Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.

Writing is a struggle no matter what the genre.

Literature precedes genre.

Literature is the question minus the answer.

I don't mean that literary fiction is better than genre fiction, On the contrary; novels can perform two functions and most perform only one.

I devour books. But for the longest time, I refused to pay attention to genre or labels.

All writing and publishing is very difficult, regardless of genre. There are going to be obstacles no matter what.

If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

I think the novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers. The novel receives streams of science, philosophy, poetry and contains all of these; it's not simply telling a story.