Writing a novel that crosses genres is a risk, but one well worth taking.

- Chet Williamson

I detest this contemporary trend to destroy the traditional hierarchy of genres.

- Italo Calvino

I'm not educated about cinema or genres.

- Imtiaz Ali

I don't really believe in genres. I don't want people to have any preconceptions about me. I want the first impression to be the music.

- Hiromi Uehara

Where do you even draw the line between genres?

- Guy Pearce

The genres are widening. I don't think that there's as many limitations on the kinds of projects that actors can do as there once was.

- Emile Hirsch

Creatively I just enjoy challenging myself in different genres.

- Debra Messing

At Diversion, we want to do genres that people are not doing - or, if we're doing genres that people are doing, to do them in a fresh way.

- Daniel Wu

I really want to do a western film. It's one of my favorite movie genres of all time.

- Denis Leary

At any one time language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects.

- David Crystal

I have to say I've been lucky in that way in that I've been able to go from different films and different genres with different challenges.

- Amy Adams

I just want to see a good movie. Fortunately, good movies come in all sorts of genres.

- Colin Cunningham

The Midwest is a musical melting pot and the source and birthplace of several musical genres.

- Chuck Inglish

I think that what appeals to me in my work is having the opportunity to inhabit different genres and so to reach different audiences.

- Cate Blanchett

I like to write in all different genres. I just like a new challenge.

- Alison McGhee

I like songs in all different genres and types. My production and songwriting is everything from pop rock to hip-hop and everything in between.

- Alex Clare

In my introductory course, Anthropology 160, the Forms of Folklore, I try to show the students what the major and minor genres of folklore are, and how they can be analyzed.

- Alan Dundes

I don't really differentiate between different genres: if there's a good part going, I'll go after it, and it's preferable to me if it's something I haven't done before.

- Aidan Gillen

The goal has been not to get pigeonholed. I like working in different genres. I'm gonna try to be entertaining and funny and do my usual thing.

- Adam Mansbach

Dance music is like a virus: it has affected so many different genres.

- Avicii