Books Quote by Charlotte Bronte

Women excel more in literary judgment than in literary production,--they are better critics than authors.

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

I have almost never been compared to male writers in any review. All women.

— Kate Zambreno

What a pity when editors review a woman's book, that they so often fall into the error of reviewing the woman instead.

— Fanny Fern

I am neither a man nor a woman but an author.

— Charlotte Bronte

Personally, I have never wished I were a male novelist.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

“My dis-interest in what people speak of as "women's problems," "women's literature." Have women a special sensibility? No. There are individuals uniquely talented &…

— Anonymous

“It is my opinion that every woman can be a writer.”

— Anton Chekhov

Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers.

— Mitch Albom

I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written

— Irwin Shaw

I find it very interesting: when 90 percent of the critics that review films are men, how is that helpful when trying to create…

— Jessica Chastain

As a writer, I must be free to say what is in all the diversity I can command. I regret the distorting prejudices that…

— Jane Rule

Many writers over the centuries simply do not have the reputations they deserve because they were female, and that is an act of suppression.

— Siri Hustvedt