Limitations Quote by Viola Davis

I've sort of dealt with the characters' lives more; particularly the women characters.

— Gilbert Hernandez

I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters. I find flawed characters much more interesting than perfect…

— Emily Giffin

I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story…

— Joan D. Vinge

Growing up, I didn't receive the representation that I wanted so badly. I was always looking out for black characters - black women -…

— Amandla Stenberg

I've always had difficulties with female characters.

— John le Carre

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

When I start writing these novels, I go into them with a spirit of inquiry rather than to substantiate prejudices I had in the…

— Ruth Ozeki

I want to continue to have quality work in which characters of color and females are being portrayed with integrity.

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph

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 am very interested in female characters and bringing a new perspective to mediums where not necessarily that's been valued at all.

— Noelle Stevenson

I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting.

— William Gibson

What I'm mainly interested in is not having women characters that have to be perfect, obviously. That's something I feel strongly about and have…

— Callie Khouri