Conscious Quote by Lynne Tillman

I've noticed over the past years of my writerly life that women writers in particular are discouraged in cleverly disguised forms from including the…

— Lidia Yuknavitch

There are many women who write as they think they should write - to imitate men and make a place for themselves in literature.

— Marguerite Duras

I absolutely think that women told that writing about themselves is somehow not worthy enough for a public audience all the time. I hear…

— Melissa Febos

I guess there are women who write from a very woman-centered place, but I don't consider myself to be one of them.

— Anna Boden

In my long, long years toiling around the publishing industry, I've found that women simply don't stick to the writing with the same fervor…

— Jim Goad

I write for women because it's the only way I can use what I've experienced. It's good that people like what I write, but…

— Jennifer Saunders

I'm a fiction writer, and I do write essays, but I am not a poet. And I absolutely reject the phrase 'woman writer' as…

— Cynthia Ozick

Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing.

— Nathalie Sarraute

“It is my opinion that every woman can be a writer.”

— Anton Chekhov

There are more and more women writing. And there are more and more good male writers who are writing and who learned and decided…

— Catherine O'Hara

When people say to me, 'Why are you so good at writing at women?' I say, 'Why isn't everybody?'

— Joss Whedon

I was encouraged, though, because I saw feminist writers - male and female - calling out the bias. I feel like more and more…

— Paula Broadwell