Audience Quote by Mark Twain

Whenever I write a story, I hope it appeals to both boys and girls.

— Suzanne Collins

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 do feel that the boys are getting left out. Girls will read boys' books, but boys won't read girls' books. If you're writing…

— S. E. Hinton

A boy's story is the best that is ever told.

— Charles Dickens

There are so many stories about boys becoming heroes, learning their powers and becoming incredibly heroic. There have to be those stories for girls,…

— Cassandra Clare

I feel that we should try and understand how we as women storytellers have often fallen into the mode of telling stories in the…

— Danae Elon

Boys tell stories bout the man.

— Drake

Perfect boys only exist in stories

— Anonymous

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

As a writer, I try to appeal to the 'elusive boy audience' the same way I try to appeal to everyone: I do the…

— Marie Lu

I would say that Edgar Allan Poe, [Georges] Perec, Thomas Pynchon, and [Jorge Luis] Borges are all boy-writers. These are writers who take... a…

— Paul Auster

We write stories that we like and hope the kids like them, too. But we definitely make sure that they skew toward a kid…

— Butch Hartman