American woman Quote by Gilbert Sorrentino

“The book presents a broad world of women coming from all eras, countries, backgrounds, races, and ethnicities. They’re rabble-rousers from all sorts of disciplines:…

— Ann Shen

“At last she interrupted with a harsh rattle of laughter. "Oh, yes, I like this book! Crazy hopes of a glamorous, rich, colorful life…

— Alasdair Gray

“This is a book about women. This is a book about girls who had a ton of fear and personal flaws and faced insurmountable…

— Ann Shen

“I feel I owe it to the women that their stories should be told fully by us—the descendants and heirs to their very real…

— Philippa Gregory

Behind the concept of woman's strangeness is the idea that a woman may do anything: she is below society, not bound by its law,…

— Christina Stead

My books are about ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations.

— Karen Robards

“Women create an idealized, hopeful vision for the future to inspire other women. Fiction and fantasy are the crucial first steps to changing the…

— Maya Rodale

The American woman is a charming creature. She is of a type most unusual and delightful... And their feet and ankles are the most…

— Jean Patou

I'm not a writer who looks for the fantastic and the sensational. I like the world we've got. If there is anything special and…

— Graham Swift

Books by women, people of color, LGBTQ authors, differently abled people, and non-Americans are a great way of broadening horizons and building empathy.

— Celeste Ng

“The insights, interpretations both of theory and fact, and the implicit values of this book are inevitably my own. But whether or not the…

— Betty Friedan

“Any silly ism or stupid book that considers men above women, must be shunned like a lowlife demon. For, all's one, barring none.”

— Fakeer Ishavardas