Age Quote by Steven Heighton

There's surprisingly little difference between writing from a male angle and from a female angle, but I feel more restricted in my language when…

— Anne Tyler

I feel like I have had to catch up to the art I've made, and learn from the protagonists I have written, especially in…

— Vivek Shraya

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

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

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 love writing about men. To get by in the world you have to know how men think. Not that all guys think alike,…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

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

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

And I thought, you know, a little gender confusion makes a better person. A little adversity in life at an early age. It's character…

— Lesley Gore

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

I approach writing female characters the same why I approach writing male characters. I never think I'm writing about women, I think I'm writing…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

There's nothing wrong with a male's point of view, obviously, but it's just a different way of telling a story.

— Melanie Griffith