Books Quote by Sandra Brown

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

In books by women and for women, it should come as no surprise that heroines are the heroes of the action, finding themselves, their…

— Sarah MacLean

“From my recent blog tour interview: I recently spent time updating my Goodreads page to include the names of authors whose works inspire me,…

— Barbara James

“Those novels with old-fashioned heroes and heroines in them -- are ruinous!”

— William Dean Howells

“Why are heroines in romantic novels—despite their cleanliness and enviable lifestyles—so unlikeable? It’s like they’ve been hit with a vanilla ninny stick, devoid of…

— Penny Reid

There's a tendency among some male writers to make the women in their stories weak and needing of rescue so that their hero looks…

— Karin Slaughter

“One cannot read a novel without ascribing to the heroine the traits of the one we love.”

— Alain de Botton

“Passionate attraction to someone of the opposite sex will make a hero or a fool of a novelist each time.”

— Roman Payne

“How can so many (white, male) writers narratively justify restricting the agency of their female characters on the grounds of sexism = authenticity while…

— Foz Meadows

“Why is it that women are the only ones who will write perfect men into fiction? It's strange. If a man portrayed his fictional…

— Rachel Heffington

“I get my heroes so that they're lean and hard muscled and mocking and sardonic and tough and tigerish and single, of course. Oh…

— Violet Winspear

“AUTHOR'S GOODREADS PAGE: I love antiheroes. Female characters who don't just accept their faults, but downright exploit them. No nice boys. No shame.”

— Lime Craven