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Women Writers Quotes & Sayings

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People who label erotica writers as sluts/men-whores remind me of the mob that once condemned smart women as witches. Mankind has not evolved much. — Anna Bayes

When the truth emerges, it can't be ignored. Nor will it wait. — Barbara Delinsky

Hollywood shines by virtue of light within. — A.D. Posey

We don't want to create a literary ghetto in which black writers are only allowed to write black characters and women writers are put on 'girl books.' — G. Willow Wilson

That's what a poem is. Words which have a hidden meaning. A poem is like a secret. — Monique Roffey

They say great themes make great novels.. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women. — John O'Hara

I have almost never been compared to male writers in any review. All women. — Kate Zambreno

We can all agree that tea is good for the body. However, tea is very good for our hair too. — Monica Millner

I've never felt grounded because of my ancestry or my gender. I think until women get away from that they're not going to be great writers. — Patti Smith

He without inspiration and motivation exists no more in a world full of innovations and inventions! — Darnaya Darice

Before there were books, we read each other. — Lisa Cron

Sexism kind of predisposes us to see men's work as more important than women's, and it is a problem, I guess, as writers, we have to change. — Erica Jong

Some women are born with an instinct for knowing how things work - and what to do when they break. — Barbara Delinsky

Elegant writers depict intricacy with simplicity. — Coco J. Ginger

A world that does not love, respect and protect its Women is doomed to perish! Because Women are Mother Earth! — Avijeet Das

If I ask you to think about something, you can decide not to. But if I make you feel something? Now I have your attention. — Lisa Cron

Male writers are thought of as "writers" first and then "men". As for female writers, they are first "feamle" and only then "writers". — Elif Shafak

I never could understand why some writers treat women as helpless. Every woman I know is strong in her own unique way. — Terry Goodkind

A man does not become a real man by showing his physical domination over women. A man becomes a real man by loving, respecting and protecting women. — Avijeet Das

The intellectual and constant retelling of a victim story becomes a broken record, deepening the groove of helplessness in the nervous system. — Deborah Sandella

Fancourt can't write women,' said Nina dismissively. 'He tries but he can't do it. His women are all temper, tits and tampons. — Robert Galbraith

Most people don't have real friends. You have people in your life waiting for opportunities to see what YOU can do for them. — Brandi L. Bates

The women of the South have brought into American literature a unique mixture of domesticity and grotesquerie. — James Dickey

Some people desire to be famous. I probably wouldn't be very good at it. — Sarah Warman

Reading is sexy. Women who read are suspect. Women who write dangerous. — Chloe Thurlow

Like other women writers of my class, I am expected to tame my talent to suit the comfort of my family. — Kamala Suraiyya Das

Our peace is our purpose. — A.D. Posey

When I was starting out, the first women studio heads and writers were just getting into their perches - development execs learning their chops. — Lynda Obst

Black skin was filled with so many barriers, so many restrictions, so many. — Randi Pink

Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems. — Virginia Woolf

Women are like beautiful flowers. Only when you love them and take good care of them will they fully bloom into the beautiful flowers that they are. — Avijeet Das

Love is written by the soul. — A.D. Posey

James Patterson has a way with female characters. He understands women in a way that a lot of male writers don't. — Tracy Pollan

Intuition is truth. — A.D. Posey

I have always been attracted to male writers who can demonstrate their love and affection for women with ease, yet not draw attention to themselves. — Pat Conroy

Every woman feels. It just takes the right man to make things combust. — Barbara Delinsky

Being friends is different from being lovers. It's a sea change. — Barbara Delinsky

Women writers of all people should know better than to pigeonhole women, put them in little groups, the smart one, the sweet one. — Anna Quindlen

The facts of religion were convincing only to those who were already convinced. — Simone De Beauvoir

Women writers have been told, forever, that our stories were not valuable. Not as valuable as men's stories about wars, business, power. — Joyce Maynard

What a revolting contrast exists in England between the slavery of women and the intellectual superiority of women writers. — Flora Tristan

What wouldn't my people give for a few bites of the biryani she ordered me to throw away yesterday because she said it smelt? — Renita D'Silva

I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress. — Jane Austen

Love is alive when there's music in your heart. — A.D. Posey

Women writers specifically ... are the ultimate outsiders. — Janet Fitch

But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking. — Wanda Sykes

Yes the sex scenes are explicit but we all love the dirty bits! — Airam

Women writers lift themselves up from the depths; as they rise, each brings with her what she is able to carry. — Lucy Poate Stebbins

Some of the writers I've praised are Sara Paretsky, Val McDermid, Elisabeth George and Minette Walters. Strangely enough, almost all are women. — Stieg Larsson

Sitting down with younger women writers and saying, "This is what I do and you can do this" is hugely important. — Sarah Ruhl

Writers write for fame, wealth, power and the love of women. — Sigmund Freud

If a writer starts worring about what he or she has left out or forgotten, they might not be able to write even a single line. — Baby Halder

An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit. — Ken Follett

Perspective and perseverance are carved by time and constructed by wisdom. — A.D. Sams

I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots. — Wendy Cope

What's interesting about the relationship between gay men and women is there can be a lot of affection, but there's a line that you don't cross. — Michael Carroll

You heard me cry long before I knew my voice. — A.D. Posey

Drizzle happiness wherever you go. — A.D. Posey

Life is beauty simply breathing. — A.D. Posey

Peace is when we look upon the world together. — A.D. Posey

If all shy, soulful young women who dreamed of becoming writers for a living actually could do that, imagine the library we would have. — Sarah Elwell

She felt the phrase "demand her rights" had lain inside her forever, waiting. — Clarice Lispector

Confrontation is what happens when you are less than honest and you get caught. — Barbara Delinsky

Women writers should write a lot if they want to write. Take the English women, for example. What amazing workers. — Anton Chekhov

To allow uncomfortable feelings is to be fully alive because it opens the emotional faucet that also supplies joy and excitement. — Deborah Sandella

Everywhere the poems open. — Mary Kinzie

Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't. — Kathleen Turner

Stories not only give us a much needed practice on figuring out what makes people tick, they give us insight into how we tick. — Lisa Cron

The expectation that TV women need to be more likeable than men is bullshit and in need of a change. — Mindy Kaling

Women's fiction doesn't sound like anything but a slur to my ears. — Sheila Heti

I think that's what turns young men and women into writers - the happiness you discover living in books. — Paul Auster

I hear you in the morning sun. — A.D. Posey

Happiness is individualized. Don't box it in. Let it fly. — A.D. Posey

It's also interesting to notice that most of the best Finnish speculative writers are women. — Toni Jerrman

Men like women who write, even though they don't say so. A writer is a foreign country. — Marguerite Duras

Sand lines my soul which is filled with the breath of the ocean. — A.D. Posey

All serious writers want the obvious rewards: fame, money, women, love
and most of all, an audience! — Edward Abbey