Lena Dunham Quotes

I wanted to be a poet. I had a really romantic idea about what that would mean. My parents knew some poets, and I liked how they dressed and acted, but I didn’t really acknowledge that I only liked reading some bits of poetry while I was peeing or something.

sometimes I was so bored that I started arguments just to experience the rush of almost losing him.

I still go to a party and say something embarrassing to someone, and then write them a weird e-mail about it the next day, and then write them a text because I think they didn’t get the e-mail. No matter what happens with your level of success, you still have to deal with all the baggage that is yourself.

I’m not jealous in traditional ways – of boyfriends or babies or bank accounts – but I do covet other women’s styles of being.

I always say that I can play sort of six variations on one girl, all of whom are a variation on me. Maybe I’ll think of myself as an actor if, like, I do a corset drama.

Can we call a moratorium on the use of the term ‘ladyparts’? Grazia!

I don’t really read reviews… That’s not where my attention goes.

Of course you don’t want anybody to feel shame for their sexuality. But you also want to make it clear that a loud, a loud and proud approach to your sexuality at a young age isn’t necessary to be a fully integrated person.

A girl’s night for me is with a member of my family on the couch, eating takeout, watching something good, going to sleep early, it’s so boring, but it’s just what I need!

I’ve always had a talent for recognizing when I am in a moment worth being nostalgic for.

Aren’t most of us dealing with the fact that we have moms who either weren’t ready to be moms or had some level of resentment about it? Everybody is dealing with the different iteration of pain their mom has handed them.

Artists themselves are neurotic and fearful people, and you can look at their work and figure out what they’re scared of.