Just because Quote by Aleksandr Voinov

“If you can create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write.”

— Somerset Maughn

“I am a writer, not a transcriber.”

— Ivan Doig

I see myself as coming out of a trans tradition. There's a number of trans writers before me who wrote great novels.

— Torrey Peters

Certainly, not all trans people like my writing.

— Torrey Peters

“We’re at this really unique time, I think, in trans representation in popular culture where homelessness, depression, mental health issues, instability-in-general are still so…

— Mitch Kellaway

I think accurately presenting a trans character means not presenting them as perfect - I think there's been a pressure to do this with…

— Nicole Maines

There's an expectation of producers and writers and directors perhaps, that trans people only want to play trans.

— Rebecca Root

The thing that excites me in terms of storytelling is being able to include trans characters in stories that are not necessarily about the…

— Emma D'Arcy

Writing can give full meaning to characters and avoid pure stereotype.

— James Earl Jones

“As far as my characters doing what I want them to, I'm afraid I'm not a real writer like the rest of you because…

— Jessie Chandler

“As writing is one of the desperate professions, it has universal appeal, especially for those not engaged in it.”

— WH Auden

“we cannot escape showing who we are. What we write and how we express it gives away as much information as our dress sense,…

— Susan Feehan