Female Quote by Philip Pullman

It doesn't matter to me whether I write in a man's voice or a woman's, or first or third person for that matter. Those…

— Nicholas Sparks

I don't really think of my narrator in terms of gender. I think of them much more in basic emotional terms. As an author,…

— Steve Almond

Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the more complex…

— Ann Beattie

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

In some ways, every character we write, especially the protagonist, is some version of ourselves, as a writer/director, even if they aren't the same…

— Lulu Wang

The way that I see third person is it's actually first person. Writing for me is all voice work. Third person narrative is just…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

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

I don't care whether they're men or women, that's bullshit. A good writer can get into any gender, can get into any mouth. When…

— Patti Smith

I get the feeling that characters are written female when they have to be, and all the other characters are male, and it doesn't…

— Geena Davis

I'm surprised how often I'm asked about being a man with a woman narrator. I'm not the first, nor will I be the last.…

— Rabih Alameddine

For the most part, romance is written in third person, and it's written in multiple points of view, so you're in the hero's head,…

— Sylvia Day

People often tell me, "You write such great women." I don't think about it, I just write characters as rigorously and as truthfully as…

— Donald Margulies