Favorite thing Quote by Shonda Rhimes

I find that when people get a script, they know within five pages if the writer can write. Once you're five pages in, it…

— Danny Strong

I fantasize about the networks making a rule that each show's writing staff needs to reflect the gender and racial makeup of its audience.

— Nell Scovell

I try really hard to ask people to take a look at their bookshelves. Are there female writers on it? Gay writers? Writers of…

— Jodi Picoult

I write novels about women, except for one: 'Rococo', about a man, a New Jersey decorator. But even that book had a woman on…

— Adriana Trigiani

I've had a somewhat typical experience in that many of the contemporary writers I was exposed to early on were white and often male.

— Laura van den Berg

I really get fired up with female protagonists. I can really feel the difference in myself when I am writing a script that has…

— Linda Woolverton

Everyone has a cover, many will only look at your cover, very few will take time to read it.

— KJ

With these scripts and these writers, so much of it is done for me. Because we don't just throw words around: we make sure…

— Eric McCormack

As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to…

— Tate Taylor

I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what…

— Dennis Farina

I see so many talented writers of color struggling to get their work out to an audience. I know that's the case for all…

— Jesmyn Ward

“But I can say that if you’re a writer who happens to be a woman, you’ll get a book cover that depicts a woman…

— Lauren Groff