Art making Quote by Allison Schroeder

Her work, I really think her work is finding what her real work is and doing it, her work, her own work, her being…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

People often tell me, "You write such great women." I don't think about it, I just write characters as rigorously and as truthfully as…

— Donald Margulies

I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.

— Ruth Benedict

Not only did she represent inner and outer beauty and elegance, but all the work she did at the end of her life touched…

— Sean Hepburn Ferrer

I've been writing about the same woman for years.

— Hope Sandoval

I am one of those authors who believes (perhaps foolishly) that she is in complete control of the story.

— Megan Chance

I really wanted to explore a range of women who aren't necessarily perfect, heroic women. I wanted to series to influence creative people to…

— Anita Sarkeesian

In books by women and for women, it should come as no surprise that heroines are the heroes of the action, finding themselves, their…

— Sarah MacLean

Don't wait for the muse. She has a lousy work ethic. Writers just write.

— Barbara Kingsolver

I'm encouraging these women, like Cheryl Strayed, to take the jump to writing for the screen. She is adapting her book Tiny Beautiful Things…

— Reese Witherspoon

My female writers have always been my backbone. I had a writing room of six women for five years so I know what women…

— Michael Patrick King

I'd read a lot of books where the girls are in awe of the supernatural male, so I thought it was time to write…

— Alexandra Adornetto