Art Quote by Vivek Shraya

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

Men and women are both humans, so, for me, that makes my characters and the work that I do human stories.

— Elisabeth Moss

My protagonists, male and female, are me.

— Madeleine L'Engle

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

I have had issues in the past with the characters and the limitations of the characters and the structure of the narratives given to…

— Viola Davis

For me, the banner that I want to wave in terms of giving a jump start to writers of any gender is just to…

— Zawe Ashton

My books are based on emotions, feelings, relationships. In these areas women are experts, so it's not strange that the main characters of my…

— Isabel Allende

When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them - my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a wife,…

— 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

Despite being a woman, somehow I have always found myself idolising male characters.

— Koel Mallick

When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them: my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a lover, as…

— Vera Farmiga

Three of my novels and a good number of my short stories are told from the point of view of men. I was brought…

— Colm Toibin