Art of writing Quote by Dennis R. Miller

“I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are." --Nora Ephron”

— Nora Ephron

“Nor, says Nora, do we want commonplace tales of hausfrau Angst, of the woman heroically making over her life with a handsome new lover,…

— Kate Atkinson

“considered my time abroad with Nora as a crash course on the realities of the world, how ugly things can get, and how important…

— Piper Kerman

“As women, we are the protagonists of our own personal novels. We are called upon to be the heroines of our own lives, not…

— Erin Blakemore

“And here, of course, we come to the one occupation of a female protagonist in literature, the one thing she can do, and by…

— Joanna Russ

“A female character can: Like babies, Be devoted to her lover, Cry, Be gentle, Be scared, Be uncertain, Take advice, and still be a…

— Celine Kiernan

“Very well, but I have tried to be a generous narrator and care for my girl as best I can. I cannot help that…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“She read every author she could get her hands on who wrote a strong female protagonist who triumphed in the end.”

— Wendy Wax

“As I’d worked at my job and traveled and read and lived my life, I’d also decided that a woman is meant to be…

— Anu Partanen

“Sometimes she despaired at other women - their feebleness, their triviality, the nonsense they absorbed. So many were like little doe-eyed deer waiting to…

— Dave Franklin

“This book is dedicated to my brilliant and beautiful wife without whom I would be nothing. She always comforts and consoles, never complains or…

— Albert Malvino

“As ambitious women, we need to tell one another our stories. We need to tell the truth about our lives.”

— Debra Condren