Character Quote by Vera Farmiga

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

There's just a deeper level of sophistication in the writing of female characters on TV.

— Vera Farmiga

Even in stories that I like, with a female character that I love deeply, it always feels like there's something that she has to…

— Noelle Stevenson

When we create female characters, I think often there is a tendency to kind of make female characters emotionally bulletproof.

— Ashly Burch

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

I do not think that when I write a female character, I intend to reflect my thoughts on gender equality, but I always make…

— Sriram Raghavan

Oftentimes in films, the female character, if she's not the protagonist - and often, even if she is - feels like an imitation of…

— Tessa Thompson

As a woman, I don't feel like I have a responsibility to create better female characters. I feel like I have a responsibility to…

— Courtney A. Kemp

What's the trick to writing a great female character? Make her human.

— Nicole Holofcener

“You're the absolute protagonist of this book, very well; but do you believe that gives you the right to have carnal relations with all…

— Italo Calvino

“Dear reader, you've never been a character in a novel, especially not a female character created by a man. You don't understand how depressing…

— Yeng Pway Ngon

I have this theory that the likeability question comes up so much more with female characters created by female authors than it does with…

— Curtis Sittenfeld