Approach Quote by Jeffrey Eugenides

I love writing about men. To get by in the world you have to know how men think. Not that all guys think alike,…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

Perhaps, all writers walk such a line. In general - as we all do in our dreams - I believe I put something of…

— Rose Tremain

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 don't try and write strong female characters or strong male characters, I just try and write, hopefully, strong characters and sometimes they happen…

— J. J. Abrams

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

Once I got over the fear of writing female characters, it actually came quite easily and I was really happy with it. I just…

— Eli Roth

When men write women, they tend to write women the way they want women to be, or the way they resent women for being.…

— Simon Pegg

As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to…

— Tate Taylor

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

If you look at most womens writing, women writers will describe women differently from the way male writers describe women. The details that go…

— Lorrie Moore

I like to write about women, not so much about the way they relate to men, but about the way they relate to each…

— Tina Fey

I do not think that when I write a female character, I intend to reflect my thoughts on gender equality, but I always make…

— Sriram Raghavan