Essentials Quote by Bette Davis

I'm a playwright by trade, and in theater, writers have complete control over everything. Nobody can change a word without your permission. I've had…

— David Lindsay-Abaire

There is nothing gutsier to me than a person announcing that their story is one that deserves to be told, especially if that person…

— Lena Dunham

Because I'm a woman writing about women who do bad things, that's somehow very 'other.' When men write that, it's called a novel. It's…

— Gillian Flynn

I love writing for women. The willingness to go from laughter to tears in a moment is the greatest palette you can paint with…

— Michael Patrick King

The imaginative leap for me of writing for women is no more difficult than the one of writing for men. I've always wanted to…

— Anthony Minghella

“As far as I have had opportunity of judging, it appears to me that the usual style of letter-writing among women is faultless, except…

— Jane Austen

There are more and more women writing. And there are more and more good male writers who are writing and who learned and decided…

— Catherine O'Hara

There are moments when you have to write certain things and you don't have to think of your sex. If you are writing about…

— Simone de Beauvoir

I'm not writing about things other women do. I'm writing for other women to have more self-confidence because I need it myself! And if…

— Sheryl Sandberg

I think women need to hear more encouragement in any field, because I see it - I teach creative writing. And even though it's…

— Eileen Pollack

It is a sad paradox that when male authors impersonate women ... they are said to be dealing with 'cosmic, major concerns' - but…

— Erica Jong

A book is not an example of 'women's writing' simply because it is written by a woman. Writing may become 'women's writing' when it…

— Rachel Cusk

Writing about women's sexuality is very scary for me because I'm always afraid I'll get it wrong.

— Dan Chaon

I approach writing female characters the same why I approach writing male characters. I never think I'm writing about women, I think I'm writing…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

My mother was a tremendous woman. I was just cleaning up old trunks and I found a book with her notes written during the…

— Vandana Shiva