Admire Quote by Lauren Groff

Let me tell you something: The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for…

— Viola Davis

We don't assign stories based on gender, but now that Ruth Davis Konigsberg has helpfully shown us the error of our ways, henceforth all…

— David Remnick

I hadn't looked at all the Nobel Prizes and thought, my goodness, there's no women. So it was a little bit surprising to me.

— Donna Strickland

I'm not sure that the culture of literary prizes is always a good thing, but while there are literary prizes, it's nice to be…

— Sally Rooney

There's something very strange about associating me with that prize. I had hoped for it in a more directed way as a journalist. Somehow…

— Jennifer Egan

Some of the writers I've praised are Sara Paretsky, Val McDermid, Elisabeth George and Minette Walters. Strangely enough, almost all are women.

— Stieg Larsson

“She wrote that she was pretty sure more women and people of color could enroll “without denying to white men of merit a fair…

— Irin Carmon

As creators and as readers, we need to always be pushing it - by looking for the books, looking for the artists and people…

— Marjorie Liu

The great news is we have an all-female shortlist with no positive discrimination or anything, isn't that fantastic?

— Andrea Leadsom

Maybe just as many women writers as male writers could be billed as the next great American writer by their publisher. Maybe book criticism…

— Jami Attenberg

As much as it's really important, obviously, as a woman in the industry to be choosing the stories which represent women, you also have…

— Jessica Barden

Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to the…

— Joyce Carol Oates