Character Quote by Evan Goldberg

I don't fully understand my wife's emotions - and I'm supposed to write an excellent female character and unravel the secret of women?

— Evan Goldberg

All women are strong, and we don't need to write stronger female roles; what we need to start writing is real women that have…

— Ella Purnell

Writers don't make good spouses. When I am writing, I'm not a good wife. I shut myself away, and all my emotions are directed…

— Claire Tomalin

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

— Nicole Holofcener

If a man truly wants to communicate with his wife, he must enter her world of emotions.

— Gary Smalley

I've always felt very sympathetic from the first days of writing about women that, whatever the woman, whether she is trying to be a…

— Susie Orbach

I became interested in educating people in the variety of ways in which women can express their emotion. Which is much easier to do…

— Frances McDormand

People often tell me, "You write such great women." I don't think about it, I just write characters as rigorously and as truthfully as…

— Donald Margulies

When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them - my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a wife,…

— Vera Farmiga

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

Women need to tell their stories from their experiences, and that may not mean that it would be all stories with women as protagonists.

— Parvathy

“Women must find their own answer. That’s the important thing. I’m no longer interested in books about women written by men. Even if I…

— Marguerite Duras