Kay Cannon Quotes

I'm a woman, so I'm going to be woman as much as I can.

You know, she was a girl. She was a female. And she wasn't like, trying to compete in a man's world and she wasn't trying to be in a man's position, she was just who she was. And I think that was like, a good thing.

You could call me a 'card-carrying feminist,' if there were a card to carry.

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as many views as possible on women's worlds.

I'm a pragmatist. I think, as a woman, you have to be more careful. You have to be more communal, you have to say yes to more things than men, you have to worry about things that men don't have to worry about. But once we get enough women into leadership, we can break stereotypes down. If you lead, you get to decide.

I'm not a goddess, for crying out loud. I'm a regular person who took feminism - which I have a deep connection to - and mixed it with music, which I really love to do.

I don't think it's not feminist to use every tool you have to succeed, and part of that is being a woman - presenting yourself in a certain way.

When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, 'What choice do I have?'

There is this idea that you have to play heroines or women who succeed.

The test of civilization is its estimate of women.

You know what? At the end of the day, funny is funny. I hope to see the end of all the female cliches that are written in a lot of comedies that are named chick flicks.

The women's movement hasn't changed my sex life. It wouldn't dare.

Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.

I started to think of Grace of Monaco as a metaphor for women in general.

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

I think that's important to women in comedy, that we get a lot of the good lines and you're not just the girlfriend or the sister.

I just really have an affinity for women. Watching them go through journeys is more interesting to me than watching men.

Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.

There's nothing wrong with looking like a woman and going in the workplace and doing everything a man can do but looking 1,000 percent like a lady.

I think it's great for the women to show that they are women and be feminine. And that's something that I've always promoted.

I am fascinated by women. They're as close as we men get to experiencing 'the other.' The challenge for me was to know and accept fully formed, powerful women.

When I hear the words 'Women should be barefoot and pregnant and in the kitchen,' I think, 'What. A. Dream.' There are no negative connotations to it.

If we can't have comedy books written about aspects of womanhood without going into a panic attack about it, then we haven't got very far at being equal.

I think the idea that women can stand up and be strong and still be seen as beautiful and sexual is kind of cool, and I would like to see more of that.

I do not consider myself a feminist. I do not believe that by doing female-oriented films that depict a woman fighting the system, we can change the system.