Character Quote by Bonnie Jo Campbell

When men write women, they tend to write women the way they want women to be, or the way they resent women for being.…

— Simon Pegg

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

I like to write about women, not so much about the way they relate to men, but about the way they relate to each…

— Tina Fey

Men and women are both humans, so, for me, that makes my characters and the work that I do human stories.

— Elisabeth Moss

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as…

— Gao Xingjian

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

I like to write about women, not so much about the way they relate to men, but about the way they relate to each…

— Tina Fey

I feel that we should try and understand how we as women storytellers have often fallen into the mode of telling stories in the…

— Danae Elon

A female writer does definitely get more attention if she writes about male characters. It's true. It's considered somehow more literary, in the same…

— Lauren Groff

I don't care whether they're men or women, that's bullshit. A good writer can get into any gender, can get into any mouth. When…

— Patti Smith

I believe writers need to be chameleons, or like Meryl Streep, who can play all sorts of characters. A good writer should be able…

— Marisha Pessl

I'm not an especially male novelist, but I think men are better at writing about men, and the same is true for women. Reading…

— Justin Cartwright