Genres aren't closed boxes. Stuff flows back and forth across the borders all the time. Margaret Atwood
I am more and more convinced that literature is made up of works, genres, schools, discussions, problems, collective work in order to solve certain problems. Italo Calvino
I am more and more convinced that literature is made up of works, genres, schools, discussions, problems, collective work in order to solve certain problems. Italo Calvino
I truly believe that writing is a continuum - so the different genres and forms are simply stops along the same continuum. Different ideas that need to be expressed sometimes require different forms for the ideas to float better. I don't write essays as often as I should. Chris Abani
Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. But while I do, of course, now feel the pressure having had books that have been very successful, I just know I have to concentrate on writing for myself. I can't worry about genres or markets or what might be commercial or not. That never works. Kate Morton