“I am a genre lover – everything from spaghetti western to samurai movie.”
Quentin Tarantino (1963) American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor
Talking Fiction (Rolling Stone, 2003) http://www.tarantino.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=310&Itemid=41.
“There is only one genre in fiction, the genre is called book.”
Matt Haig (1975) British writer
Source: The Humans
“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.”
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …
"Science Past, Science Future" (1975) p. 208
General sources
Elizabeth Hand (1957) American writer
"Elizabeth Hand on Mortal Love at HarperCollins (2004)
Context: I never think about genre when I work. I've written fantasy, science fiction, supernatural fiction, and am now working on a suspense novel. Genres are mostly useful as a marketing tool, and to help booksellers known where to shelve a book.
John Taylor Gatto (1935–2018) American teacher, book author
Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling (2008)
Source: Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling, New Society Publishers (2013) p. 177
Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014)
Vanna Bonta Talks About Quantum fiction: Author Interview (2007)
