Assuming Quote by Christopher Darden

Perhaps, all writers walk such a line. In general - as we all do in our dreams - I believe I put something of…

— Rose Tremain

Like a lot of young women, I went through an entire period where I hated female characters - I didn't want to read about…

— Noelle Stevenson

I relate to that idea of not necessarily seeking out 'interesting female roles,' but 'this character, this role, who happens to be a woman,…

— Phillipa Soo

Despite being a woman, somehow I have always found myself idolising male characters.

— Koel Mallick

I couldn't imagine a book with many characters in it and one of them not being gay. It would have felt like a glaring…

— Ayana Mathis

I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting.

— William Gibson

This act of empathy, that women go through from the time we're little girls - we read all of literature, all of history, it's…

— Meryl Streep

The media had built my perception of being a strong woman because of my personal life. I wanted to play the damsel in distress,…

— Neena Gupta

People felt I could only be best for roles of a simple girl. I wanted to break the mould and so I did 'Hate…

— Daisy Shah

There's a tendency among some male writers to make the women in their stories weak and needing of rescue so that their hero looks…

— Karin Slaughter

Every masculine hero narrative I could find I wanted to steal for myself and twist to my size.

— Christine and the Queens

It's a problem with a lot of female characters, that a lot of them are guy oriented or what they're expressing or emoting is…

— Jenna Ortega