Character Quote by Noelle Stevenson

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

When we create female characters, I think often there is a tendency to kind of make female characters emotionally bulletproof.

— Ashly Burch

I would like to find a more precise way to not only tell the stories of female characters, but also do so in a…

— Danae Elon

My women characters should not exist only to play the 'love interest' of a male character.

— Sriram Raghavan

It's a problem with a lot of female characters, that a lot of them are guy oriented or what they're expressing or emoting is…

— Jenna Ortega

I really do love male characters, in some ways, for the fact that they get surprised when they're vulnerable. Women are more surprised by…

— Courtney A. Kemp

When you encounter sophistication in the creation of a female character, you thank the writers and you claim it.

— Vera Farmiga

When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them - my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a wife,…

— Vera Farmiga

Oftentimes in films, the female character, if she's not the protagonist - and often, even if she is - feels like an imitation of…

— Tessa Thompson

Despite being a woman, somehow I have always found myself idolising male characters.

— Koel Mallick

I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story…

— Joan D. Vinge

I've written short stories from male perspectives before, and I've never had a problem with it as long as I've understood the character's emotions…

— Sara Shepard