Awkwafina Quotes

I've always tried to be conscious of how I represent women in my work. They don't have to be good or strong women, but they have to be complex.

I write for women because it's the only way I can use what I've experienced. It's good that people like what I write, but I don't want to go down the feminist path.

You know, it shouldn't just be about women as heroic figures overcoming things, it just needs to be about women in general getting the opportunity to play a multitude of roles, telling a multitude of stories - just to express human experience from a woman's perspective. I hope, someday, we can get to that point. I'm all about representation.

If I'm talking about girls and stuff, it's usually the truth. So now, you know, if you hear my songs, you are gonna appreciate it differently because usually, it's the truth.

There's not a lot of stories for women told by women in a very real, true voice.

I am interested in stories that concern women.

Woman alone can ... speak effectively for woman, since none others can speak with authority, or from the depths of personal experience.

I think women can tell the most profound and interesting and fascinating stories.

I came out, as not enough of our stories are told from our perspective. 'Marie Claire' was offering the chance to be a part of a women's magazine, which often celebrates ordinary women doing extraordinary things.

I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population - and gave birth to the whole world. Without them writing and being directors, the rest of us are not going to know the whole story.

I am interested in writing how women really feel, how they really think, and how they respond to men. I don't want men reading my books because they might find out too much.

The simple act of telling a woman's story from a woman's point of view is a revolutionary act: it never has been done before.

It seems to me that 'women's writing' by nature would not seek equivalence in the male world. It would be a writing that sought to express a distinction, not deny it.

We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them.

The women I cast have to embody all sorts of contradictions... I have to find the right woman to speak to other women.

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

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

I'm still very interested in telling one-of-a-kind women's stories.

I love stories about women, and I think stories about women are generally pretty underrepresented.

It's great for my daughter to see Beyonce and Taylor Swift, women that are in charge of their own careers, writing songs from their own perspective and taking people to task. That's very different from when I was growing up - it was all like, 'Stand by your man.'

Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world.

I think women have such rich emotional lives that they are expressive about. I also think they're funny. I like watching strong female characters, and I like writing them. I don't know if it's conscious that I gravitate towards women, but it's certainly evolved that way.

Many of my books are written from a female perspective. I rather enjoy the take that women have on the world, and certainly I enjoy the conversations that women have.

Somebody asked me earlier if I thought it was really important to tell stories about women's struggles. And I said yes, but at the same time, it's also important to tell stories about women's triumphs, women being slackers, women being criminals, women being heroes.

I think that there are a lot of male writers and directors in Hollywood, and a lot of the female characters you do see are really one-dimensional, but I think that's changing more and more as there are more women taking control in Hollywood.