- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women Quotes
On confidence, identity and being true to yourself.
These quotes discuss women's confidence and identity from a few angles: resisting pressure to act a certain way, and the discipline shown by women serving alongside men in the military. For related reflections, see our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work.
- Nov 07, 2020
We've got to protect our young men and women and we've got to win that, whatever the cost.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think women as well as men are concerned about jobs and the economy and spending and, and other issues. They're concerned that when their kids graduate from college they have an economy and they have a future in this country and they, they have the same opportunity that we've had and our grandparents have had.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit.
- Books
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think there's any great mystery to writing female characters, so long as you talk to them. If you lived in a monastery and never met any women, maybe it would be difficult.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My 94-year-old grandmother has always been so inspiring to me. She is kind, smart, brave, and independent. After graduating number one in her medical school class at a time when it was extremely rare for women to attend medical school, she worked with the World Health Organization in North Africa to eradicate tuberculosis.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love strong women in films that are allowed to play women and not male fantasies.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never wanted to be an actress who complained about the lack of roles for women.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women in my focus groups, they say a bald man is trustworthy. He has nothing to hide.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020