Differences Quote by Laeta Kalogridis

A female writer does definitely get more attention if she writes about male characters. It's true. It's considered somehow more literary, in the same…

— Lauren Groff

I don't think there is a need of the categorization 'woman writing'. I think in some sense writers lost their gender when they walk…

— Anita Nair

It's not at all a far jump to think that overall perceptions of gender - and what is and is not important in gender…

— Maria Konnikova

I have no control, of course, over how I'm marketed. It's a sad thing, though, that so many people perceive literature to be gendered.…

— Maggie O'Farrell

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

The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are. Imagine how much happier we would…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I don't care whether they're men or women, that's bullshit. A good writer can get into any gender, can get into any mouth. When…

— Patti Smith

Nobody is surprised that women writers accurately represent male characters over and over again, no doubt because everybody knows that women understand men much…

— Peter Straub

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

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

— Rose Tremain

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 think it's so important for a woman, if she's a writer, to look as feminine as possible.

— Catherine Gaskin