Assuming Quote by Molly Ringwald

“There are books written by women. There are books written by men. Somehow, though, it is only books by women, or books about certain…

— Roxane Gay

Literary fiction is kept alive by women. Women read more fiction, period.

— Khaled Hosseini

Far more women read fiction than men, and because of this, novels have become marginalised as serious texts.

— Siri Hustvedt

A book is not an example of 'women's writing' simply because it is written by a woman. Writing may become 'women's writing' when it…

— Rachel Cusk

Women's books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as literature. If…

— Erica Jong

I wonder if novels work for women because they give us a safe place to talk about our ish.

— Jennifer Weiner

“Narratives about certain experiences are somehow legitimized when mediated through a man’s perspective. Consider the work of John Updike or Richard Yates. Most of…

— Roxane Gay

I'm not an especially male novelist, but I think men are better at writing about men, and the same is true for women. Reading…

— Justin Cartwright

“Women are much more than men in touch with their emotional intelligence. That explains why women read fiction books while men stick to the…

— M.Z.Riffi

If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.

— Yoko Ono

With fiction, the works of women are often over-interpreted as autobiography, especially when the main character is a woman, especially if she is seen…

— Kate Zambreno

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