Character Quote by Elizabeth Hand

I'm always surprised when people talk about strong female characters because I feel like we all are.

— Lotte Verbeek

I'm drawn to female characters; not all of them are strong characters.

— Todd Haynes

I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story…

— Joan D. Vinge

Even while I'm really interested in playing female characters that are varied and interesting and dynamic, I'm not of the mind that you always…

— Tessa Thompson

I think part of the pressure put on 'strong female characters' comes from the fact that there is so often 'the team girl,' who…

— Seanan McGuire

I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.

— L. J. Smith

I love strong female characters.

— Nahnatchka Khan

Strong female characters - even if they don't necessarily make the same decisions that we might - make such great narrative material, especially when…

— Meg Cabot

I think people get confused: people think 'strong female characters' mean you need to play an action figure.

— Bel Powley

It's cool to be a female character who gets to be really strong and tough.

— Alexandra Daddario

I feel happy to play strong women because, as an audience member, I feel such characters inspire women when they are down.

— Aishwarya Lekshmi

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