Miranda July

The job of the artist is to point at things.

— Miranda July

I was going to die and it was taking forever.

— Miranda July

Live the dream, Potato.

— Miranda July

I've always had a dog phobia.

— Miranda July

I gave you things I wasn't sure I even had.

— Miranda July

I could not make a move without making love.

— Miranda July

Don't wait to be sure. Move, move, move.

— Miranda July

Nothing really mattered, and nothing could be lost.

— Miranda July

I went to the bedroom and lay on the floor, so as not to mess up the covers.

— Miranda July

I knew the beginning and the end – I just had to dream up a convincing middle.

— Miranda July

“Maybe he wouldn't say anything, which is the worst thing men do.”

— Miranda July

“I felt like I could do this forever, because nothing mattered more than anything else.”

— Miranda July

Maybe that's why people take pictures of themselves, to avoid being described.

— Miranda July

It's amazing how little you can see people but still stay in regular contact.

— Miranda July

I'm quite a cerebral person. Often I feel quite stuck in that.

— Miranda July

I nodded, pretending I was relaxed. I watched the sunlight sparkling on the water and practiced mind-body integration for a few seconds…

— Miranda July

All I ever really want to know is how other people are making it through life—where do they put their body, hour…

— Miranda July

I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the…

— Miranda July

Things usually make sense in time, and even bad decisions have their own kind of correctness.

— Miranda July

That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of…

— Miranda July

We really wanted to know all the unknowable things about each other and how we were the same and how we were…

— Miranda July

It would require constant vigilance to not replace each person with my own fictional version of them.

— Miranda July

I think this is how life is. It's not a linear march through time; you revolve around the same old things as…

— Miranda July

People tend to stick to their own size group because it's easier on the neck. Unless they are romantically involved, in which…

— Miranda July

“Two plus three is five, check the email, one plus seven is, check the email, eight, check the email, which comes to…

— Miranda July

I don't think I'm more of a screenwriter than I am a fiction writer. I'm more of a reader than a film-watcher,…

— Miranda July

I've always been terrified of getting used to something that is actually killing me-a relationship or a job. But in those cases,…

— Miranda July

My ideal life is just lounging around the house and every once in a while I'll kind of write something, and then…

— Miranda July

Now began the part of her life where she was just very beautiful, except for nothing. Only winners will know what this…

— Miranda July

If you read my short stories, there's a lot of sex in those in all different ways. To me, it's a really…

— Miranda July

I have female friends who work in all different mediums who I speak to at least once a week. It helps me…

— Miranda July

“We were anxious to begin our life as people who had no people. And it was easy to find an apartment because…

— Miranda July

“If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why…

— Miranda July

“I typed "royal family" into a dream-interpretation website, but they didn't have that in their database, so then I typed "butt" and…

— Miranda July

Some may say that such a girl is not ready for a relationship with a man, especially a man in his late…

— Miranda July

“...I began to understand that the sleeplessness and vigilance and constant feedings were a form of brainwashing, a process by which my…

— Miranda July

I was a lot dumber when I was writing the novel. I felt like worse of a writer because I wrote many…

— Miranda July

“Someone is getting excited. Somebody somewhere is shaking with excitement because something tremendous is about to happen to this person. This person…

— Miranda July

Do you have doubts about life? Are you unsure if it's worth the trouble? Look at the sky: that is for you.…

— Miranda July

I had a joint once and I didn't feel right for a whole year

— Miranda July