Competing Quote by Gloria Steinem

As a woman, you do have a sense that if you can do other things, then you should. If you feel, mmm, the roles…

— Zawe Ashton

It's often women who are writing leading roles for women. Most of the stuff that comes my way is not actually about women. I'm…

— Carrie Coon

There are jobs that can be done equally well by men or by women and that finally you can't see a difference. But from…

— Simone de Beauvoir

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

I write for women because it's the only way I can use what I've experienced. It's good that people like what I write, but…

— Jennifer Saunders

“Newsweek never hired women as writers and only one or two female staffers were promoted to that rank no matter how talented they were...Any…

— Lynn Povich

Sometimes it's not even a role that's specifically written for a woman. It could be a role written for a white man or Asian…

— Gabrielle Union

Writers, and particularly female writers, have to fight for the conditions they need to work.

— Doris Lessing

I just think of myself as a writer. Yes, I'm a woman. And I'm a writer. The main challenge is that I like to…

— Jenny Han

I guess there are women who write from a very woman-centered place, but I don't consider myself to be one of them.

— Anna Boden

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

Roles for women need to be better written.

— Dia Mirza