Conditions Quote by Doris Lessing

In my long, long years toiling around the publishing industry, I've found that women simply don't stick to the writing with the same fervor…

— Jim Goad

The bottom line is that female writers aren't being given enough opportunities by male producers.

— Chris O'Dowd

I do believe female directors, as well as our female writer, can bring out male vulnerability that some men can't because they can't face…

— Ben Kingsley

When I look at the list of my favorite works, writers who are women do tend to outnumber writers who are men for whatever…

— Rumaan Alam

Women writers should write a lot if they want to write. Take the English women, for example. What amazing workers.

— Anton Chekhov

For a fight to be productive, or at least relevant, writers should fight over different demands they put upon writing (as an individual, private…

— Aleksandar Hemon

There are many women who write as they think they should write - to imitate men and make a place for themselves in literature.

— Marguerite Duras

I was encouraged, though, because I saw feminist writers - male and female - calling out the bias. I feel like more and more…

— Paula Broadwell

A writer's job is to cultivate what can go wrong. You're always looking for that dramatic arc of where things can fail.

— Chuck Palahniuk

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

There are a lot more female writers wanting to direct their own material and hopefully will be given the opportunity.

— Laura Dern

One of the realities for women writers is that sometimes you'll start strong, but as you see people go up the ladder, working in…

— Erin Belieu