--- title: "15 Feels Quotes By Carrie Brownstein" description: "15 Feels quotes by Carrie Brownstein. Plus more from Carrie Brownstein and more Feels sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/carrie-brownstein-1580_comedy_i-feel-like-i-came-in-comedy-s-side-door_370539.png" --- > [I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-feel-like-i-came-in-comedy-s-side-door-and-still-feel-very/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/carrie-brownstein-1580_comedy_i-feel-like-i-came-in-comedy-s-side-door_370539.png) > [It does feel great to be writing, but the process is sometimes excruciating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/it-does-feel-great-to-be-writing-but-the-process-is-sometimes/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/carrie-brownstein-1580_doe_it-does-feel-great-to-be-writing-but-the_1120579.png) > [There's something that feels very timeless about fandom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/there-s-something-that-feels-very-timeless-about-fandom/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/carrie-brownstein-1580_about_there-s-something-that-feels-very-timele_2560350.png) > [I like to take things incrementally, and strive for something that feels more attainable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-like-to-take-things-incrementally-and-strive-for-something-that/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/carrie-brownstein-1580_feels_i-like-to-take-things-incrementally-and_2302153.png) > [I've mostly been focusing on writing, and I've really enjoyed not playing music. It will always be part of my life, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-ve-mostly-been-focusing-on-writing-and-i-ve-really-enjoyed-not/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/carrie-brownstein-1580_enjoyed_i-ve-mostly-been-focusing-on-writing-and_147323.png) > [I think that half of us feel fraudulent in our lives anyway. There's that strange disconnect of not really knowing what we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-think-that-half-of-us-feel-fraudulent-in-our-lives-anyway-there-s/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/carrie-brownstein-1580_crisis_i-think-that-half-of-us-feel-fraudulent_1932502.png) > [I think short-term goals are important. Trying to set a missive for yourself for the entire year can be daunting, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-think-short-term-goals-are-important-trying-to-set-a-missive-for/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/171/carrie-brownstein-1580_easy_i-think-short-term-goals-are-important-t_1776915.png) > [For film and television, it's interesting how fans feel that their particular ways of manifesting their affections are the correct ones. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/for-film-and-television-it-s-interesting-how-fans-feel-that-their/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/carrie-brownstein-1580_affection_for-film-and-television-it-s-interesting_801777.png) > [To be a fan is to be curious, and to be curious is to have openness... Part of being a fan is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/to-be-a-fan-is-to-be-curious-and-to-be-curious-is-to-have-openness/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/carrie-brownstein-1580_curious_to-be-a-fan-is-to-be-curious-and-to-be-c_1152480.png) > [To me, the grotesque is like a sonic manifestation of reality. I don't know how you could look out onto our world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/to-me-the-grotesque-is-like-a-sonic-manifestation-of-reality-i-don-t/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cad/carrie-brownstein-1580_aesthetically_to-me-the-grotesque-is-like-a-sonic-mani_2613235.jpg) > [I think it's very disheartening and undermining to focus on nostalgia or youthful sentimentality as the lens through which you view art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-think-it-s-very-disheartening-and-undermining-to-focus-on-nostalgia/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/carrie-brownstein-1580_alive_i-think-it-s-very-disheartening-and-unde_2797290.jpg) > [The hedonistic lifestyle is difficult to achieve when you're still carrying your own gear. Trust me that you don't feel glamorous with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/the-hedonistic-lifestyle-is-difficult-to-achieve-when-you-re-still/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/carrie-brownstein-1580_achieve_the-hedonistic-lifestyle-is-difficult-to_1360466.png) > [It's very common to think that we're always evolving, that we've changed so much from our younger selves, that within decades we've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/it-s-very-common-to-think-that-we-re-always-evolving-that-we-ve/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/carrie-brownstein-1580_changed_it-s-very-common-to-think-that-we-re-alw_1834402.png) > [Even if, personally, I'm in a place of contentment or solidity, I feel like it's hard not to look out into American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/even-if-personally-i-m-in-a-place-of-contentment-or-solidity-i-feel/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/carrie-brownstein-1580_american-culture_even-if-personally-i-m-in-a-place-of-con_892598.png) > [The idea of self-effacement, the idea that you feel so powerless that the only tiny morsel of power you have is over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/the-idea-of-self-effacement-the-idea-that-you-feel-so-powerless-that/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c63/carrie-brownstein-1580_ability_the-idea-of-self-effacement-the-idea-tha_349899.png) ## Other authors on Feels ## More by Carrie Brownstein > [I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit, cook, etc. Statistically, there is more I don't do than do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-am-a-horrible-visual-artist-i-can-t-fix-a-car-sew-knit-cook-etc/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) > [Much of the music I remember from camp was unofficial: the songs a counselor would play for us on acoustic guitar or that an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/much-of-the-music-i-remember-from-camp-was-unofficial-the-songs-a/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) > [Rihanna has guts and she always seems to be singing from someplace honest, dark and fierce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/rihanna-has-guts-and-she-always-seems-to-be-singing-from-someplace/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) > [I think there's a lot of wonderful comics that leave you hanging in a state of apprehension or anxiety before alleviating that tension with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-think-there-s-a-lot-of-wonderful-comics-that-leave-you-hanging-in-a/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) > [Well, in some ways I had sort of the opposite experience of other people that are sort of dreaming of being in a rock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/well-in-some-ways-i-had-sort-of-the-opposite-experience-of-other/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) > [There was a clarity to the Nineties. It was pre-9/11, before that anxiety kicked in that exists right now about the financial crisis or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/there-was-a-clarity-to-the-nineties-it-was-pre-9-11-before-that/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) > [I think people would describe a lot of Sleater-Kinney as unsettling. And I don't think our best moments have sonic assonance to them. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-think-people-would-describe-a-lot-of-sleater-kinney-as-unsettling/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) > [I'm always trying to encourage people not to limit themselves in the same way that many of our parents stayed with one job forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-m-always-trying-to-encourage-people-not-to-limit-themselves-in-the/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) > [The game Rock Band has been haunting me like a bad ring tone. It gets stuck in my head and momentarily effaces all that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/the-game-rock-band-has-been-haunting-me-like-a-bad-ring-tone-it-gets/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) > [I've mostly been focusing on writing, and I've really enjoyed not playing music. It will always be part of my life, but I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-ve-mostly-been-focusing-on-writing-and-i-ve-really-enjoyed-not/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) > [To me, curiosity is married to optimism. And that's where a lot of my motivation comes from. A lot of my way out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/to-me-curiosity-is-married-to-optimism-and-that-s-where-a-lot-of-my/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) > [ \[I hate\] the ways that people want their special needs to be met, whether it's their food allergies or their special lotions or shoes.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-hate-the-ways-that-people-want-their-special-needs-to-be-met/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) > [No matter what people are struggling with, or based on whatever. Sexuality, ethnicity, economic status, size. I don't wish smallness for anyone. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/no-matter-what-people-are-struggling-with-or-based-on-whatever/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) > [I would not call myself an optimist, even though I would aspire to be. I am innately a skeptic. There's kind of an incessant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-would-not-call-myself-an-optimist-even-though-i-would-aspire-to-be/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) > [I always find that nostalgia is sort of like memory without the pain. And that's why it feels so good to kind of bask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-always-find-that-nostalgia-is-sort-of-like-memory-without-the-pain/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feels/carrie-brownstein/#itemlist", "name": "15 Feels Quotes By Carrie Brownstein", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carrie Brownstein" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-feel-like-i-came-in-comedy-s-side-door-and-still-feel-very/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/carrie-brownstein-1580_comedy_i-feel-like-i-came-in-comedy-s-side-door_370539.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/carrie-brownstein-1580_comedy_i-feel-like-i-came-in-comedy-s-side-door_370539.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/carrie-brownstein-1580_comedy_i-feel-like-i-came-in-comedy-s-side-door_370539.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways.” — Carrie Brownstein", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It does feel great to be writing, but the process is sometimes excruciating.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carrie Brownstein" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/it-does-feel-great-to-be-writing-but-the-process-is-sometimes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/carrie-brownstein-1580_doe_it-does-feel-great-to-be-writing-but-the_1120579.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/carrie-brownstein-1580_doe_it-does-feel-great-to-be-writing-but-the_1120579.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/carrie-brownstein-1580_doe_it-does-feel-great-to-be-writing-but-the_1120579.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It does feel great to be writing, but the process is sometimes excruciating.” — Carrie Brownstein", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's something that feels very timeless about fandom.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carrie Brownstein" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/there-s-something-that-feels-very-timeless-about-fandom/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/carrie-brownstein-1580_about_there-s-something-that-feels-very-timele_2560350.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/carrie-brownstein-1580_about_there-s-something-that-feels-very-timele_2560350.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/carrie-brownstein-1580_about_there-s-something-that-feels-very-timele_2560350.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's something that feels very timeless about fandom.” — Carrie Brownstein", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like to take things incrementally, and strive for something that feels more attainable.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carrie Brownstein" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-like-to-take-things-incrementally-and-strive-for-something-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/carrie-brownstein-1580_feels_i-like-to-take-things-incrementally-and_2302153.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/carrie-brownstein-1580_feels_i-like-to-take-things-incrementally-and_2302153.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/carrie-brownstein-1580_feels_i-like-to-take-things-incrementally-and_2302153.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like to take things incrementally, and strive for something that feels more attainable.” — Carrie Brownstein", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've mostly been focusing on writing, and I've really enjoyed not playing music. 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