Female Author Quotes

I am very, very happy for Alice Walker.

Alice Munro is an atomic writer blasting doors into narrative time.

Written by a woman automatically is better.

A fascinating book and a great pleasure to read: Betool Khedairi is a talented new voice in fiction.

Harcourt sent my book to Evelyn Waugh and his comment was: “If this is really the unaided work of a young lady, it is a remarkable product.” My mother was vastly insulted. She put the emphasis on if and lady. Does he suppose you’re not a lady? she says.

I always say 'thriller;' if they see you're a woman - and you're a blond woman - people assume you're writing about cats and romances where somebody has died.

Even 'Posham Pa' is written by a woman so it's a perspective which I empathise with more.

I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.

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.

I'm a novelist, and I'm a woman, and I'm considered to be a serious author whether I like it or not.

I adore Kate Atkinson, her literary as well as her crime output.

I loved 'Belzhar' by Meg Wolitzer.

I grew up reading - and loving - stories by Andre Norton. I admired and idolised her from afar. Her stories helped shape my own internal world.

Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories.

Few writers can rival Helen Fielding when it comes to fully capturing the modern woman.

Not only is it OK for a woman to write about a tough guy, but it might even help sell him.

I still can't believe that I went on 'The Colbert Report' myself; for the appearance I wore a lot of makeup, my hair was curled like a poodle's, and I could barely breathe in my Spanx undergarments. But, hey - an authoress has to lean in, right?

Several elementary school teachers had described me as a 'future authoress or poetess.' Mother took me to meet Chicago's leading black librarian, who published a poem of mine in the magazine she edited for Negro children.

Patti Callahan Henry’s THE STORIES WE TELL is a lyrical exploration of love and longing, secrets and suspicion, family and friendship, all told with the author’s trademark insights into the hollows and curves of the heart and mind of a working woman who must balance the demands of motherhood, wifedom, sisterhood, and yes, the deepest cravings for artistic expression. I always love the stories PCH tells!