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Common perceptions of female friendships are morning coffees discussing children, bags, periods and agreeing about the misdemeanours of men... mild, soft, nurturing relationships.

I have had many more close women friends than men, and I've always assumed that comes from the fact that in my family there was such a disproportionate female element.

I think women are amazing and women's friendships are like a sisterhood and we should see more of it in television and film.

As I grow older, I think friendship between women is a thing to cherish.

It's quite difficult to write about female friendship without it seeming to be a very niche subject. It's a difficult balance.

I think all women have a friend who at some point dumped them or betrayed them or deeply disappointed them. And at the same time all women have a friend who they dumped or betrayed or hurt in some way. That's universal in women's friendships.

I probably have more female friends than any man I've ever met. What I like about them is that almost always they're generally mentally tougher, and they're better listeners, and they're more capable of surviving things.

They say men and women can't be friends, but that's not true.

It's a particularly modern myth that married people are best friends. The best-friend concept is a uniquely female phenomena.

Men and women can absolutely be friends, and that's what we need to be. Part of the problem is that we aren't friends enough. Our relationships are negotiations, and that is not friendship.