Editors Quote by Emma Donoghue

There are many things that matter much more than an editor's gender in shaping the direction of the leadership.

— Nancy Gibbs

There are more women editors than people realise. I think we're more able to keep our eye on what the film needs. Between men,…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

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

There are a lot of women screenwriters, but they are obviously outnumbered by men. And it still is a very much male-dominated industry.

— Elizabeth Meriwether

I'm not a person who believes in the great difference between women and men as editors. But I do think that quality is key.…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

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

It is important to have a woman editor. Movie is an industry where it is predominantly women. Male editors might cut out pauses that…

— Susan Sarandon

I'm really aware that in fiction, women are pretty much equal. There's a lot of very successful women novelists. Not so much [for women…

— Emma Donoghue

Women are far and away the bigger consumers of fiction than men, but men are still far and away the more reviewed, the more…

— Jennifer Weiner

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

— Chris O'Dowd

I don't think there is a need of the categorization 'woman writing'. I think in some sense writers lost their gender when they walk…

— Anita Nair

Far more women read fiction than men, and because of this, novels have become marginalised as serious texts.

— Siri Hustvedt