Girl Quote by Muriel Spark

On the whole, most biographies about literary women tend to diagnose them.

— Kate Zambreno

“It never occurs to her that she will not be a writer and only occasionally does it occur to her, depressingly, that she is…

— Jean Stafford

“Feminist narrative theory notes that for most of literary history there's been an imbalance between men's and women's stories. Male characters go out into…

— Laurie Frankel

“A lot is being said today about the influence that the myths and images of women have on all of us who are products…

— Adrienne Rich

“Women's fiction is just a marketing category, designed to appeal more to women than to men. But there are stories in that category that…

— Kristine Grayson

The female experience is different from that of the male, and if, as a male writer, you cannot accept that basic premise, then you…

— Greg Rucka

It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal

— Carol Ann Duffy

The dilemma for women - writing after everything else was finished - has prevented women from reaching their literary potential for centuries.

— Joan M. Drury

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

— William Gibson

I have not much faith in women in fiction… Women are so horribly subjective and they have such scorn for the healthy commonplace. When…

— Willa Cather

Whether consciously or unconsciously, I felt myself drawn to writing a female character who was pretty flawed and not very virtuous or wonderful or…

— Leni Zumas

“The dilemma for women who love to write may not have so much to do with finding the elusive literary voice, as with being…

— Nava Atlas