Beings Quote by Yann Martel

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as…

— Gao Xingjian

“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

The depth of exploration of the male psyche and the female psyche is uneven. I see further, deeper renderings of what it means to…

— Vera Farmiga

I'm saying that the depth of exploration of the male psyche and the female psyche is uneven. I see further, deeper renderings of what…

— Vera Farmiga

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

I think male authors who want to try to tackle these issues of representation of women can generally do a better job if they…

— Ken Liu

I have not much faith in women in fiction… Women are so horribly subjective and they have such scorn for the healthy commonplace. When…

— Willa Cather

The truly unsettling thing about being a woman was needing a man to realise one's full potential

— Margaret Way

“Sometimes I think every man wants to be a writer. They want to invent a world with the perfect imaginary woman, someone they can…

— Joe Hill

“Feminist narrative theory notes that for most of literary history there's been an imbalance between men's and women's stories. Male characters go out into…

— Laurie Frankel

“Many men are fascinated by the consciously evolving female who makes them feel free inside. But they're too unsure of their own standing to…

— C. JoyBell C

It's a man's world, they say; but in its daily textures it is a world created by and for women.

— John Updike