--- title: "22 Want Quotes By Lena Dunham" description: "22 Want quotes by Lena Dunham. Plus more from Lena Dunham and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce4/lena-dunham-1013_gallery_i-don-t-think-anyone-would-want-to-come_1617126.jpg" --- > [I don't think anyone would want to come to my gallery show.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-don-t-think-anyone-would-want-to-come-to-my-gallery-show/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce4/lena-dunham-1013_gallery_i-don-t-think-anyone-would-want-to-come_1617126.jpg) > [But I want to tell my stories, more than that, I have to in order to stay sane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/but-i-want-to-tell-my-stories-more-than-that-i-have-to-in-order-to/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/992/lena-dunham-1013_order_but-i-want-to-tell-my-stories-more-than_2857877.jpg) > [No one wants to see a tattoo on a stomach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/no-one-wants-to-see-a-tattoo-on-a-stomach/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/570/lena-dunham-1013_stomach_no-one-wants-to-see-a-tattoo-on-a-stomac_536521.jpg) > [I don't want to get married until all gay people can get married.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-don-t-want-to-get-married-until-all-gay-people-can-get-married/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a7/lena-dunham-1013_gay_i-don-t-want-to-get-married-until-all-ga_2517135.jpg) > [ It's not that I don't want to hear about that \[blow job\] stuff, I just want to hear about it immediately. And… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/it-s-not-that-i-don-t-want-to-hear-about-that-blow-job-stuff-i-just/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d3/lena-dunham-1013_blow_it-s-not-that-i-don-t-want-to-hear-about_924372.jpg) > [I sometimes want to make a book of every tattoo I wanted to get before I actually got a tattoo, because there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-sometimes-want-to-make-a-book-of-every-tattoo-i-wanted-to-get/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d07/lena-dunham-1013_awful_i-sometimes-want-to-make-a-book-of-every_2288534.jpg) > [I just don't want to be around people who don't hate everything in their life right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-just-don-t-want-to-be-around-people-who-don-t-hate-everything-in/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/lena-dunham-1013_don-t-hate_i-just-don-t-want-to-be-around-people-wh_2175272.jpg) > [There's people who don't want to see bodies like mine or bodies like their own bodies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/there-s-people-who-don-t-want-to-see-bodies-like-mine-or-bodies-like/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87f/lena-dunham-1013_bodies_there-s-people-who-don-t-want-to-see-bod_2534129.jpg) > [I'd always loved movies, but it wasn't some sort of desperate love of celluloid. It was literally like, "I want to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-d-always-loved-movies-but-it-wasn-t-some-sort-of-desperate-love-of/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cd/lena-dunham-1013_celluloid_i-d-always-loved-movies-but-it-wasn-t-so_661135.jpg) > [But ambition is a funny thing: it creeps in when you least expect it and keeps you moving, even when you think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/but-ambition-is-a-funny-thing-it-creeps-in-when-you-least-expect-it/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/lena-dunham-1013_ambition_but-ambition-is-a-funny-thing-it-creeps_1234464.jpg) > [You have to move so you don't die. You have to move so your brain doesn't atrophy. You have to move so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/you-have-to-move-so-you-don-t-die-you-have-to-move-so-your-brain/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37d/lena-dunham-1013_atrophy_you-have-to-move-so-you-don-t-die-you-ha_2378758.jpg) > [You're raised to think being a mother is an inevitable step in your development but you start to ask yourself questions, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/you-re-raised-to-think-being-a-mother-is-an-inevitable-step-in-your/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b03/lena-dunham-1013_ask_you-re-raised-to-think-being-a-mother-is_1720310.jpg) > [My dad finds Twitter just infinitely unrelatable. He's like, 'Why would I want to tell anybody what I had for a snack,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/my-dad-finds-twitter-just-infinitely-unrelatable-he-s-like-why-would/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/lena-dunham-1013_bother_my-dad-finds-twitter-just-infinitely-unr_3147120.jpg) > [In Hollywood, you've got a hundred people on set, and shooting the sex scene you're wearing nude-toned underwear and tape on your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/in-hollywood-you-ve-got-a-hundred-people-on-set-and-shooting-the-sex/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/lena-dunham-1013_hollywood_in-hollywood-you-ve-got-a-hundred-people_1446289.jpg) > [I always thought that if you had any real proximity to famous people, that your obsession with famous people, would wane is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-always-thought-that-if-you-had-any-real-proximity-to-famous-people/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/lena-dunham-1013_bed_i-always-thought-that-if-you-had-any-rea_1247957.jpg) > [Of course you don't want anybody to feel shame for their sexuality. But you also want to make it clear that a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/of-course-you-don-t-want-anybody-to-feel-shame-for-their-sexuality/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/670/lena-dunham-1013_age_of-course-you-don-t-want-anybody-to-feel_1343214.jpg) > [Women want to control other women because they've been controlled themselves. It's a cycle of control. I'm not blaming women for that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/women-want-to-control-other-women-because-they-ve-been-controlled/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44f/lena-dunham-1013_blame_women-want-to-control-other-women-becaus_3132045.jpg) > [I always imagined that having a baby is something that I'm going to keep in a private place, but maybe my curse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-always-imagined-that-having-a-baby-is-something-that-i-m-going-to/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/lena-dunham-1013_baby_i-always-imagined-that-having-a-baby-is_1267017.jpg) > [ I really loved \["The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P" by Adelle Waldman\]. It's having a really hot moment. Unlike many hot books,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-really-loved-the-love-affairs-of-nathaniel-p-by-adelle-waldman-it-s/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dc/lena-dunham-1013_affair_i-really-loved-the-love-affairs-of-natha_1301762.jpg) > [ I think Grace \[Dunham\] and I are always working from a personal place, and the fact that these were issues that we'd… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-think-grace-dunham-and-i-are-always-working-from-a-personal-place/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef1/lena-dunham-1013_always-working_i-think-grace-dunham-and-i-are-always-wo_1434182.jpg) > [There is a sort of backlash of people who feel like you're not representing them accurately, and you want to say as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/there-is-a-sort-of-backlash-of-people-who-feel-like-you-re-not/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/lena-dunham-1013_alive_there-is-a-sort-of-backlash-of-people-wh_1315945.jpg) > [I can never be who I was. I can simply watch her with sympathy, understanding, and some measure of awe. There she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-can-never-be-who-i-was-i-can-simply-watch-her-with-sympathy/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bf/lena-dunham-1013_airports_i-can-never-be-who-i-was-i-can-simply-wa_1253111.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Lena Dunham > [It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/it-was-only-when-i-started-making-short-films-in-college-and-i-was/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [“Oberlin being a liberal haven where opposition was king, the coolest clique at school was a group of rugby-playing, neon-wearing lesbians. They dominated every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/oberlin-being-a-liberal-haven-where-opposition-was-king-the-coolest/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [Calling someone a drama queen is so negative. Why not 'content creator'?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/calling-someone-a-drama-queen-is-so-negative-why-not-content-creator/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [My relationship to eating, my relationship to critiquing my own shape, all of that has changed since I've started viewing my body much more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/my-relationship-to-eating-my-relationship-to-critiquing-my-own-shape/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [“I am sorry (not to you but in a deeper way, sorry for my brain chemistry and who I am.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-am-sorry-not-to-you-but-in-a-deeper-way-sorry-for-my-brain/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [It's very easy for me to say what success is. I think success is connecting with an audience who understands you and having a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/it-s-very-easy-for-me-to-say-what-success-is-i-think-success-is/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [At my age, no one is married, no one has kids, no one has a career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/at-my-age-no-one-is-married-no-one-has-kids-no-one-has-a-career/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [I should do the things that make me feel cool and smart. As I get older, I'm realizing more and more that it doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-should-do-the-things-that-make-me-feel-cool-and-smart-as-i-get/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [My shape reminds me a lot of my grandmother, whom I was really close to. She died when I was 13, and we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/my-shape-reminds-me-a-lot-of-my-grandmother-whom-i-was-really-close/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [I never set out to make any statements about a specific character, I just set out to tell what feels like is a truthful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-never-set-out-to-make-any-statements-about-a-specific-character-i/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [You’ve learned a new rule and it’s simple: don’t put yourself in situations you’d like to run away from. But when you run, run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/you-ve-learned-a-new-rule-and-it-s-simple-don-t-put-yourself-in/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [I would go to work from 9 to 6, go home, nap for two hours, then write from 8 to 2 a.m.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-would-go-to-work-from-9-to-6-go-home-nap-for-two-hours-then-write/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [My uncle's a lawyer and I remember going to see him in court and thinking, 'That's cool, too bad I could never be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/my-uncle-s-a-lawyer-and-i-remember-going-to-see-him-in-court-and/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [I love directing scenes that I'm not in because suddenly I really feel like a filmmaker which is a different thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-love-directing-scenes-that-i-m-not-in-because-suddenly-i-really/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [I'm glad if my work can make a difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-m-glad-if-my-work-can-make-a-difference/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/lena-dunham/#itemlist", "name": "22 Want Quotes By Lena Dunham", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think anyone would want to come to my gallery show.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lena Dunham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-don-t-think-anyone-would-want-to-come-to-my-gallery-show/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce4/lena-dunham-1013_gallery_i-don-t-think-anyone-would-want-to-come_1617126.jpg", "contentUrl": 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