“As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to wear so many different hats. There's so much wonderful gray matter in a female's life that it just makes for a stronger character.” WritingTryingI CanDifferentMatterCharacterWonderfulOffersFemaleStrongerHatsGrayFemale CharactersGray Matter Author:Tate Taylor
“We never had a girl in the band. Why? Certainly there's some rippin' female players in our kind of music. We have no objection to it. It'd be wonderful.” KindGirlPlayerWonderfulBandFemaleObjections Author:Ketch Secor
“I think that more so, my wonderful skill of dissociation came in very handy. I care very much what other people think. I'm a total pleaser. I want everyone to like me all the time. I feel like people who don't feel that way on some level are lying, but particularly female memoirists. We want to be seen and we want to be forgiven. So that occurred to me very early on.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsCareLyingLevelsWonderfulSkillsFemaleLike MeI CareForgivenDissociationHandyPleasers Author:Melissa Febos
“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 think it's the source material. 27 Dresses was a famous book, and Devil Wears Prada was also a wonderful book, so it's coming out of the novelists who are really creating these wonderful female characters that we want to see on the big screen.” ThinkingWantBookCharacterBigsWonderfulMaterialsSourceCreatingDevilFemaleDressesScreensNovelistsComing OutFemale CharactersBig ScreenPradaFamous BookDevil Wears Prada Author:Jerry Bruckheimer
“I think there is a wonderful trend of strong female characters on television right now.” ThinkingCharacterStrongWonderfulTelevisionRight NowFemaleTrendsFemale CharactersStrong Female CharactersStrong Female Author:Amanda Schull
“I think the press is doing a wonderful job of putting the pressure on the decision-makers in Hollywood to support more female directors.” ThinkingJobsDecisionSupportWonderfulDirectorsFemaleHollywoodPressurePressesMakersDecision Makers Author:Natalie Portman
“We have a female prime minister [Theresa May] here in the UK. I actually really like her and think she's wonderful. I think it's the best thing that's happened to us in a long time.” ThinkingMayLongWonderfulHappenedLong TimeFemaleBest ThingsMinistersPrimePrime MinisterLike HerTheresa Author:Kate Bush
“I think we have to keep putting women's sports in the limelight. I thought the Women's World Cup did a wonderful job of showing the quality of women's soccer. But we also need coverage and marketing and press and getting these female athletes to become household names.” ThinkingWorldSportsQualityWonderfulFemaleMarketingAthleteSoccer Author:Becky Sauerbrunn
“Aaron Sorkin wrote me one of the best female roles on television, I think. He's a wonderful writer for all people. If he chooses to write, hopefully he'll write something that involves more women next time, because I would love to do it.” PeopleThinkingWritingWonderfulFemaleHopefullyNext Time Author:Allison Janney
“As the longest-running women's professional sports league in the country, the WNBA is a great product comprising 132 of the best female athletes in the world. And when you look beyond the players to owners, coaches, trainers, accountants, and chief operating officers - it's a wonderful example of what women can achieve in sports and in business.” WorldCountrySportsPlayerWonderfulAchieveFemaleAthleteCoachesLeague Author:Laurel J. Richie