Female characters Quotes

“Beauty is an illusion.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Women are no sheep.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Chocolate cake and a diamond ring? In bed with the man of my dreams?”

— Cristin Harber

I am glad that people have become more accepting of female characters.

— Tabu

“All the bloodsheds in human history have been caused by men, not women.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Novels without female characters were a lifeless desert.

— Ian Mcewan

I like anti-hero women. Negative female characters interest me.

— Leila Slimani

I love flawed female characters, duking it out.

— Lena Dunham

I've always had difficulties with female characters.

— John le Carre

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

— Todd Haynes

“You're the absolute protagonist of this book, very well; but do you believe that gives you the right to have carnal relations…

— Italo Calvino

With 'Holes' I was troubled that there weren't very many female characters. I tried to put them in where I could. But…

— Louis Sachar

Men should be able to see themselves in female characters and female strength, just as much as women are able to see…

— Maya Hawke

“Any book that spreads weakness in the heart of one gender, and authoritarianism in the other, must be burnt to ashes.”

— Abhijit Naskar

I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.

— L. J. Smith

The female characters in 'Peep Show' are not 'strong': they are idiots. As idiotic as the men.

— Robert Webb

Most female characters have either been the temptress - like a Betty Boop type - or the victim - like an Olive…

— Paul Dini

I think people get confused: people think 'strong female characters' mean you need to play an action figure.

— Bel Powley

My daughter was a toddler. I had no idea there was anything wrong with kids' media.I started watching little preschool shows with…

— Geena Davis

“Gender equality is not a belief, it is not an idea - it is a key element of the society that will…

— Abhijit Naskar

I also really pay attention to whether the script embodies a full female character or if they're just wanting a two-dimensional objectified…

— Karla Souza

It so happens that the major relationships in the novel [The Kite Runner] are between men, dictated not by any sort of…

— Khaled Hosseini

“Sherlock Holmes gets to be brilliant, solitary, abrasive, Bohemian, whimsical, brave, sad, manipulative, neurotic, vain, untidy, fastidious, artistic, courteous, rude, a polymath…

— Sophia McDougall

Once I got over the fear of writing female characters, it actually came quite easily and I was really happy with it.…

— Eli Roth

I think one of the things that is easy to have happened in a superhero story is that the female character, whether…

— Evangeline Lilly

My point was the world is missing female characters. A lot of times there is one female character, maybe even a cool…

— Geena Davis

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

— James Cameron

None of the male characters are as powerful or as interesting as the four central female characters. The men work best as…

— Norman Buckley

“Ô, the wine of a woman from heaven is sent, more perfect than all that a man can invent. When she came…

— Roman Payne

“we as authors have been writing about people we aren't for forever. We find a way to empathise, we find a way…

— Adrienne Kress

Bechdel Test, was named for the comic strip it came from, penned by Alison Bechdel - but Bechdel credits a friend named…

— Alison Bechdel

I just started asking my friends if they had noticed. None of them - feminists, mothers, daughters - noticed until I pointed…

— Geena Davis

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

— Joss Whedon

“I am no feminist. Even though the term "feminism" is founded upon the basic principle of gender equality, it possesses its own…

— Abhijit Naskar

Even if I have played female characters, nobody has ever teased my kids.

— Kiku Sharda

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

— Katheryn Winnick

I have been very lucky that I never got typecast while playing female characters.

— Kiku Sharda

“You only fix something, when it’s broken. And you - are far from broken.”

— Abhijit Naskar

What's the trick to writing a great female character? Make her human.

— Nicole Holofcener

Don't forget I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.

— Julia Roberts