Character Quote by Tracy Pollan

Nobody is surprised that women writers accurately represent male characters over and over again, no doubt because everybody knows that women understand men much…

— Peter Straub

I do believe female directors, as well as our female writer, can bring out male vulnerability that some men can't because they can't face…

— Ben Kingsley

I have almost never been compared to male writers in any review. All women.

— Kate Zambreno

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

Women are the essential part of the theater but the writers are not writing about women. I think they're too perplexed about the whole…

— Bette Davis

I'm not an especially male novelist, but I think men are better at writing about men, and the same is true for women. Reading…

— Justin Cartwright

The bottom line is that female writers aren't being given enough opportunities by male producers.

— Chris O'Dowd

Roles written for women are so much more complex on television. The film world is becoming quite flimsy for women.

— Julianna Margulies

When I look at the list of my favorite works, writers who are women do tend to outnumber writers who are men for whatever…

— Rumaan Alam

When men write women, they tend to write women the way they want women to be, or the way they resent women for being.…

— Simon Pegg

It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women.

— Lisa Gardner

I think male roles are generally much better written. So for actresses, we're always dealing with trying to inject a role with more truth…

— Judy Davis