Art Quote by Diane Lane

I have observed that male writers tend to get asked what they think and women what they feel. In my experience, and that of…

— Eleanor Catton

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

I think male authors who want to try to tackle these issues of representation of women can generally do a better job if they…

— Ken Liu

After a long time spent learning how to write as a woman instead of as an honorary man, I was able to come back…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

As much as it's really important, obviously, as a woman in the industry to be choosing the stories which represent women, you also have…

— Jessica Barden

As creators and as readers, we need to always be pushing it - by looking for the books, looking for the artists and people…

— Marjorie Liu

The depth of exploration of the male psyche and the female psyche is uneven. I see further, deeper renderings of what it means to…

— Vera Farmiga

“Women create an idealized, hopeful vision for the future to inspire other women. Fiction and fantasy are the crucial first steps to changing the…

— Maya Rodale

“A few years back, an American Jewish feminist academic sent me a request for an interview... The professor presented herself as a 'gender scholar',…

— Gilad Atzmon

“Male experience is what patriarchal culture uses to represent human experience, even when it is women who most often live it.”

— Allan G. Johnson

Thus far women have been the mere echoes of men. Our laws and constitutions, our creeds and codes, and the customs of social life…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

I'd love to write something for a male protagonist. That's sort of the next frontier for me. I think it'd be really amazing to…

— Lena Dunham