Women Quote by Erica Jong

“Beware of the man who denounces woman writers; his penis is tiny and he cannot spell.”

— Erica Jong

It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women.

— Lisa Gardner

As a man lives and thinks, so he will write.

— John Galsworthy

“Women writers make for rewarding (and efficient) lovers. They are clever liars to fathers and husbands; yet they never hold their tongues too long,…

— Roman Payne

Men like women who write. Even though they don't say so. A writer is a foreign country.

— Marguerite Duras

It is much easier not to write like a man than to write like a woman.

— Samuel Johnson

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all.

— Jean de la Bruyere

I have almost never been compared to male writers in any review. All women.

— Kate Zambreno

I don't care whether they're men or women, that's bullshit. A good writer can get into any gender, can get into any mouth. When…

— Patti Smith

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

Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We…

— Naguib Mahfouz