Feminine Quote by William H. Gass Download Open image “If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.” — William H. Gass ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Feminine Fiction Gender Genre Would be
Most people assume wrongly that science fiction is a male-based genre, when, in fact, there are far more women who tune into sci-fi than… — Bonnie Hammer Copy Share Image
“Women's fiction is just a marketing category, designed to appeal more to women than to men. But there are stories in that category that… — Kristine Grayson Copy Share Image
“Singling out “women’s fiction” for genre derision never fails to piss me off. Somehow worse when women do it. Case in pt: Editor says… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
The business of fiction is the study of the human condition, and gender is something that many humans are obsessed with, thus making it… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Most of the female characters I admire come from science fiction and fantasy, maybe because there's more permission to shake up gender roles in… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
Literary fiction is kept alive by women. Women read more fiction, period. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The movement for women's liberation was about an emotional transformation, an explosion, a feeling all over the country that things must be different, and… — Alix Kates Shulman Copy Share Image
“Narratives about certain experiences are somehow legitimized when mediated through a man’s perspective. Consider the work of John Updike or Richard Yates. Most of their fiction is grounded in domestic themes that, in the hands of a woman, would render the work “women’s fiction.” While these books may be tagged as “women’s fiction” on Amazon.com, they are also categorized as… — Roxane Gay Copy Share
Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative. — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
To be perfectly frank: I don't write women's fiction. I write intimate, gritty, realistic, character-driven fiction that happens to be thrown into the women's… — Jillian Medoff Copy Share Image
There used to be a category called women's fiction - meaning not too rude, not too much sex, a bit domestic and internal. Women… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
I don't think that a film should be known as 'male-centric' or 'female-centric,' but it should be known for the story. That would be… — Anushka Sharma Copy Share Image
“Try to remember that artists in these catastrophic times, along with the serious scientists, are the only salvation for us, if there is to… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
“If someone asks me, “Why do you write?” I can reply by pointing out that it is a very dumb question. Nevertheless, there is… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
The things that stayed were things that didn't matter except they stayed, night and day, all seasons the same, and were peaceful to a… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
When book and reader's furrowed brow meet, it isn't always the book that's stupid. — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
“It's a simple world for her. A curtain fluttering - that's how she is - lives, moves - obediently, yet with every appearnace of… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
“I dreamed my lips would drift down your back like a skiff on a river. I'd follow a vein with the point of my… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
“Yes, we call it recursive, the act of reading, of looping the loop, of continually returning to an earlier group of words, behaving like… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
“Then let us have a language worthy of our world, a democratic style where rich and well-born nouns can roister with some sluttish verb… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
We must take our sentences seriously, which means we must understand them philosophically, and the odd thing is that the few who do, who… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
We converse as we live by repeating, by combining and recombining a few elements over and over again just as nature does when of… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“If attempting to make the world a civilized one, makes you a bad woman in the eyes of the dumb patriarchal society, then, by… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
The time has come for us to understand that the Eternal Feminine is the greatest power in this Universe. — Samael Aun Weor Copy Share Image
I love fall because I love the whole cuddling aspect of it, and a sweater dress has that vibe of I'm going to hunker… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
What makes a gay icon is someone who possesses both masculine and feminine qualities simultaneously. — RuPaul Copy Share Image
The male dares to be different to the degree that he accepts his passivity and his desire to be female, his fagginess. The farthest… — Valerie Solanas Copy Share Image
Men often joke about this assignment (I Peter 3:7): 'Who can understand a woman?' God has answered the question loud and clear. You can.… — Stu Weber Copy Share Image
People might not agree with me, but I think a woman should have a feminine shape, something you can get your hands on. You,… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
When I get home, I'm not the boss like I am at work - I slip into a more feminine role. I take everything… — Miranda Kerr Copy Share Image
“The representation of women in the society, especially through mass media has been the most delusional act ever done on the grounds of human… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
