Character Quote by Donald Margulies

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 don't try and write strong female characters or strong male characters, I just try and write, hopefully, strong characters and sometimes they happen…

— J. J. Abrams

What's the trick to writing a great female character? Make her human.

— Nicole Holofcener

I love writing about men. To get by in the world you have to know how men think. Not that all guys think alike,…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to…

— Tate Taylor

I'm always conscious when I'm writing a story that the women in my books need to save themselves. They don't need to be scooped…

— Karin Slaughter

The female experience is different from that of the male, and if, as a male writer, you cannot accept that basic premise, then you…

— Greg Rucka

I do not think that when I write a female character, I intend to reflect my thoughts on gender equality, but I always make…

— Sriram Raghavan

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

When it comes to writing characters, whether men or women, I think a good writer writes good characters. I know many men who, for…

— Zoya Akhtar

If you want to teach women to be great writers, you should show them the best, and the best was often done by men.…

— A. S. Byatt

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