Able Quote by Marisha Pessl

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

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

I love writing about men. To get by in the world you have to know how men think. Not that all guys think alike,…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

Male playwrights, on the whole, are probably more interested in male characters. They need women characters to be the women in their lives or…

— Harriet Walter

My idea is to write a story where every character is well etched out, irrespective of their gender. Because they all are human beings…

— 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

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

— William Gibson

I think writer is a word without gender, and a good writer observes, absorbs, hopefully empathizes then translates that into character and story. You…

— Nora Roberts

For writers, you just have to have the ability to not restrict your imagination. Men can write about women; women can write about men.…

— Mike O'Malley

I wish writing was a talent that I had. I've tried. Unfortunately, I'm just not talented in the writing department. But, if I was,…

— Eva Mendes

I don't try and write strong female characters or strong male characters, I just try and write, hopefully, strong characters and sometimes they happen…

— J. J. Abrams

When it comes to writing characters, whether men or women, I think a good writer writes good characters. I know many men who, for…

— Zoya Akhtar