Blockbuster Quote by Linda Woolverton

I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting.

— William Gibson

Television is often out ahead on social issues. With film, we've only recently proved that one of the oldest misconceptions in the book is…

— Nina Jacobson

I think as women we've always been very used to growing up reading and identifying with male protagonists, especially in fantasy. There's a saying…

— Cassandra Clare

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 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

If you start writing to an audience you're talking down to them. I've never written for any age group, I just write character. If…

— Melissa Rosenberg

I just write characters, and somehow they happen to be a boy and a girl. When the story is put together, and their characters…

— Imtiaz Ali

I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting roles for women, in TV or film or in…

— Elizabeth Meriwether

I don't understand why people still behave as though making movies with female protagonists is risky, given that - hello - we do make…

— Nina Jacobson

We should be writing more great roles for women, period. Another problem is that movies are generally made for 14-year-old boys, and 14-year-old boys…

— James Mangold

It's not just about casting female protagonists. It's gotta be across the board throughout the industry.

— Kathleen Kennedy

I conceive that the right way to write a story for boys is to write so that it will not only interest boys but…

— Mark Twain