Boys Quote by Karla Souza

I feel like it's too easy to just say, "We'll just change the name of this male character to a female, but have her…

— Brie Larson

I get the feeling that characters are written female when they have to be, and all the other characters are male, and it doesn't…

— Geena Davis

In some ways, every character we write, especially the protagonist, is some version of ourselves, as a writer/director, even if they aren't the same…

— Lulu Wang

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

— Nicole Holofcener

When you encounter sophistication in the creation of a female character, you thank the writers and you claim it.

— Vera Farmiga

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 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

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 believe writers need to be chameleons, or like Meryl Streep, who can play all sorts of characters. A good writer should be able…

— Marisha Pessl

I think if you create well balanced characters that are well represented, boys and girls relate to them whether they're boys or girls.

— Jennifer Lee

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

I'd love to write something for a male protagonist. That's sort of the next frontier for me. I think it'd be really amazing to…

— Lena Dunham