I am glad that people have become more accepting of female…

If you do a black character or a female character or an Asian character, then they aren't just that character. They represent that race…

— Dwayne McDuffie

Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity, we need it to…

— Joss Whedon

If it were not somewhat fanciful to suppose that every human excellence is presented, as it were, in one kind of being, we might…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

Novels without female characters were a lifeless desert.

— Ian Mcewan

As black women, we're miles behind our white counterparts in being offered the space to create and craft female characters in major blockbuster films.

— Teyonah Parris

I'm drawn to female characters; not all of them are strong characters.

— Todd Haynes

All too often, female characters, in particular, aren't multi-layered enough.

— Ruth Bradley

I think every woman character, every female character, has her own arc.

— Katheryn Winnick

I tend to like strong female characters. It just interests me dramatically. A strong male character isn't interesting because it has been done and…

— James Cameron

Strong female characters - even if they don't necessarily make the same decisions that we might - make such great narrative material, especially when…

— Meg Cabot

The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive probably reflects the women I've known in my life.

— Sidney Sheldon

At the end of the day I have many answers for it. It has to do with my mom, who was an extraordinary woman,…

— Joss Whedon

When I realised that what I do really well is play women who are tough and vulnerable, it was a moment of clarity. Many…

— Carrie-Anne Moss

I think it's the source material. 27 Dresses was a famous book, and Devil Wears Prada was also a wonderful book, so it's coming…

— Jerry Bruckheimer

Female characters in literature are full. They're messy: they've got runny noses and burp and belch. Unfortunately, in film, female characters don't often have…

— Frances McDormand