“It starts with the writing. We have to think of all these characters - we have to treat them all equally. We have to think of them as having an interior life and having motivations. When I'm drawing female characters, I'm looking for that. I'm looking for subtext. I'm looking for ways to make the reader relate to them in a way that goes beyond the pure aesthetic value. You know, just drawing an attractive woman really gets kind of boring after a while.” ThinkingKnowsWayWritingKindBookCharacterMotivationValuesReaderPureFemaleTreatsBoringDrawingComicRelateAttractiveAestheticComic BookInteriorsFemale CharactersSubtextAttractive Woman Author:Cliff Chiang
“A female Dalai Lama must be very attractive, otherwise not much use.” UseFemaleAttractiveLamaDalai Author:Dalai Lama
“I think that in our culture there is this message to males that any time you can have sex with an attractive female, you should do it. But for females you always have to guard yourself against it, sort of keep sex at bay. You don't want to get a reputation, especially when you are under age.” ThinkingWantShouldAgeCultureSexMessagesFemaleMalesReputationAttractive Author:Alissa Nutting
“I've dated some very enthusiastic, attractive people and some very unenthusiastic, less attractive people. I see no correlation. But female friends of mine who have dated male public figures have found that is the case. They say male models are terrible in bed, because they feel like just showing up is all the effort they need to make.” PeopleNeedsFeelsFoundEffortCasesFiguresMinesTerribleBedModelsFemaleMalesAttractiveEnthusiasticShowing UpCorrelationPublic FiguresFemale Friends Author:Moby
“Whether consciously or unconsciously, I felt myself drawn to writing a female character who was pretty flawed and not very virtuous or wonderful or attractive in these ways that throughout literary history we've come to expect female characters to be.” WayWritingCharacterFeltWonderfulFemaleAttractiveVirtuousFlawedFemale Characters Author:Leni Zumas
“I have a female colleague who gets annoyed that Tina Fey seems to go out of her way in her movies to deride her looks, as if she weren't such an attractive woman.” IfsWayLooksSeemsFemaleAttractiveColleaguesAnnoyedFeyAttractive Woman Author:David Edelstein
“You condition a vulnerable boy at puberty to become aroused by brutality. It's the violence, not the nudity. Frankly, I wouldn't mind if every teenage boy had a subscription to Playboy. They'd be looking at attractive naked female bodies while they masturbated, not eviscerated female bodies.” IfsMindBodyBoysViolenceConditionsFemaleNakedVulnerableAttractiveTeenageBrutalityNudityPubertyPlayboyFemale BodySubscription Author:Park Dietz
“The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive probably reflects the women I've known in my life.” CharacterFactsStrongKnownPersonalityFemaleAttractiveStrong WomenFemale CharactersStrong Female CharactersStrong Personality Author:Sidney Sheldon
“You assume that it has to be a male god who finds a human female attractive? How sexist is that?” HumansFemaleAssumingMalesAttractiveSexist Author:Rick Riordan
“Exotic: meaning you're "desired." For madness is seductive, sexy. Female madness. So long as the female is reasonably young and attractive.” LongYoungFemaleMadnessSexyAttractiveExoticSeductive Author:Joyce Carol Oates