Books Quote by Michelle Obama

The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description... You have to create it for yourself.

— Hillary Clinton

The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.

— Imelda Marcos

My books are based on emotions, feelings, relationships. In these areas women are experts, so it's not strange that the main characters of my…

— Isabel Allende

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

— William Gibson

“I was arguing not that everyone should read books by ladies—though shifting the balance matters—but that maybe the whole point of reading is to…

— Rebecca Solnit

I like portraying women of character in my books. Women who exhibit loyalty and courage.

— Sudha Murty

After my first book, many of my readers came back to tell me that the female characters I had created were not strong enough.…

— Ravi Subramanian

I think the female first-person is still dismissed, demonized, especially if the book does not end on an empowering note, especially if the main…

— Kate Zambreno

I am not one to go for traditional female roles, because I don't think traditionally female characters are very interesting, and I don't think…

— Jessica Chastain

I did indulge myself in a lot of history reading, to inform myself as to who the real woman was. As far as other…

— Natalie

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

— William Gibson

It's often women who are writing leading roles for women. Most of the stuff that comes my way is not actually about women. I'm…

— Carrie Coon