Character Quote by Karin Slaughter

Sometimes, there can be a slightly condescending assumption that anything unlikable about a female character is a mistake, as if they're a contestant in…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

When we create female characters, I think often there is a tendency to kind of make female characters emotionally bulletproof.

— Ashly Burch

Anytime you have a female protagonist, it's going to turn into some feminist angle, and it's not a conscious thing on my part. It's…

— Elisabeth Moss

Good people can do terrible things, and that's what life is all about, the complexities and grey areas. And often characters aren't written that…

— Emily Mortimer

I always do a lot of work around characters to make them real people because, oftentimes, they really are a sliver of a person.…

— Andrea Riseborough

The characters I've always been drawn to are real and flawed. That's not how women have always been portrayed.

— Kiernan Shipka

Whether consciously or unconsciously, I felt myself drawn to writing a female character who was pretty flawed and not very virtuous or wonderful or…

— Leni Zumas

Of course I know my characters are unlikable sometimes or have prejudices. It's not as if I'm thinking they're so endearing all the time.…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

People are afraid to show women with demons. But I think it's important for women to see flawed female characters. We're held to a…

— Riley Keough

There's a remarkable amount of sexism on TV. When male characters are flawed, they're interesting, deep and complex. But when female characters are flawed,…

— Ellen Pompeo

A woman in love is a very poor judge of character.

— J. G. Holland

I do find it sometimes that people project their own feelings on to the characters and I think that there is a certain amount…

— Matthew Weiner