Reading Genre Quotes

#1. I grew up reading genre writers, and to the degree that Eric Ambler and Graham Greene are genre writers, I'm a genre writer.

Alan Furst

#2. Everyone in the '80s was reading Tolkien; he invented this whole medieval fantasy genre.

William Kircher

#3. Each of them warmed to the sound of the other's voice. They lay in the dark together, in distant cities, each of them thinking, We were lucky this time. And they pressed their phones closer to their ears, and both of them wondered how much longer this separation could go on.

Audrey Niffenegger

#4. I am the Sovereign of Iss!" the girl declared. "And you are the daughter of Ciwril Xidyla! They had better listen to us.

Elizabeth Bear

#5. I'm a big fan of Elvis, man. I got 'Heartbreak Hotel' tattooed on my chest.

Ed Westwick

#6. I would like to shove this stick up your whoo-hoo!

NII

#7. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die. We always think we are going to live forever. The dying aspect we will never accept. The one thing about having this kind of warning is how you appreciate every single day of life.

Oscar De La Renta

#8. I do try not to spend much time reading in the suspense genre.

Thomas Perry

#9. While writing a novel I almost completely stop reading books in the same sub-genre for the duration.

Charles Stross

#10. For people who must live from day to day, past and future have small relevance, and their grasp of it is fleeting; they live in the moment, a very precious gift that we have lost.

Peter Matthiessen

#11. The novel, as a genre, was once considered a diversion every bit as frivolous as Facebook, but over the years, we've managed to convince ourselves that reading fiction is as important to our mental digestion as fresh fruits and vegetables are to the processes that take place a little further down.

Lynn Coady

#12. Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.

Joan D. Vinge

#13. The genres, it is thought, have other designs on us. They want to entertain, as opposed to rubbing our noses in the daily grit produced by the daily grind. Unhappily for realistic novelists, the larger reading public likes being entertained.

Margaret Atwood

#14. Joseph McElroy is nineteen feet tall and can crush bombproof limousines with his biceps. He will live to be four hundred and thirty-five.

Mike Heppner

#15. I like to read as much as I can from every genre. That way, I can express my love for all writers.

Jen Selinsky

#16. There is only one genre in fiction, the genre is called book.

Matt Haig

#17. How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags? What is 't you do?

William Shakespeare

#18. I read about violent things. I think what I get out of that is entertainment by learning about different things, and reading the genre and getting an understanding of motivations. But at the end of the day, it's still a book, and I can walk away.

Karin Slaughter

#19. Memories and possibilities are even more hideous than realities.

H.P. Lovecraft

#20. People who would never sneer at sci-fi and murder mysteries have no trouble damning the whole romance genre without reading one.

Lauren Willig

#21. Reading is professionally important for me to keep tuned in to what's being written in my genre, let's not lie. But that's not the reason I read. I read for my own emotional and mental health. If I stopped reading, I'd probably just die.

Patrick Rothfuss

#22. I am proud to be a Sikh and am a true disciple of Guru Gobind Singh, who sacrificed his entire family for the Sikh religion.

Harbhajan Singh

#23. You cannot lead those who do not want to follow.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#24. I love reading and writing novels that don't fit nicely into a specific genre. But they also have to move. I want to be excited about each chapter, because otherwise why is it there?

Patrick Keithahn

#25. Our constant desire to genre-label cripples new writers. Let them experiment, explore and surprise.

Carla H. Krueger

#26. Reading books in the genre you write is incredibly important when it comes to understanding the rules of your genre and the preferences of your target audience.

Emlyn Chand

#27. I've never really been a genre fan. I never grew up reading comic books or was a horror buff.

Chad Lindberg

#28. Is there any spot on his body that isn't hard? Tonsils? Kidneys? Oh! His tongue ... silky little devil.

Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

#29. I didn't want to accept failure. Even though sometimes the strength it takes to admit failure is probably worth as much as the determination not to quit. So there you have, I was stuck fighting for a relationship with a boyfriend who, in truth be told, I'd rather forget ever existed.

Caprice Crane

#30. Someone needs to buy a radio station, then play nothing but audio books, with a different genre of book played at set times. That way we can always have something new to read, no matter where we are.

Shana Chartier

#31. Tokyo Heist is a fast-paced, exotic reading adventure, a story where The da Vinci Code meets the wildly popular manga genre! Author Diana Renn infuses protagonist Violet with plenty of chikara (power) and Renn's fresh, spot-on author's voice is irresistible. I couldn't put it down!

Alane Ferguson

#32. For some reason, when people meet me and find out I'm a writer they always ask if I write children's books. Um ... please don't let your kids read my books. Well, unless your kids are in their 30s or something ... then yeah, they're old enough. LOL

Michelle M. Pillow

#33. The imperfect book that gets published is better than the perfect book that never leaves my computer.

Gretchen Rubin

#34. I teach 18- to 21-year-olds - the 'Harry Potter' generation. They grew up as voracious readers, reading books in this exploding genre. But at some point, I would love for them to give Umberto Eco or A.S. Byatt a try. I hope 'A Discovery of Witches' will serve as a kind of stepping-stone.

Deborah Harkness