As a woman filmmaker it's pretty important that you have some basis of confidence that you're coming from, because, as I got closer to LA, there's less and less women. There's less and less mirrors for who you are. — Miranda July Copy Share Image
The idea that you might end up in a job that doesn't allow you to be who you are, over the course of a lifetime, is still one of the most chilling nightmares to me. It's a good metaphor for… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
I like embracing kind of normal forms but am always trying to approach them as if no one's ever done that before. As if… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
“It wasn't good, he wasn't good, he did not have good intentions. I stood there, and he stood there. He breathed out the bitter… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
The whole thing of working in all these different mediums, it's just so that I can always be playing hooky from one of them. I can always be rebelling against my boss. Like, I'm supposed to be writing this book, but - heh heh heh - I'm writing a movie, secretly. I'm procrastinating, and in my off-hours I'm working on… — Miranda July Copy Share
The thing I am most interested in is power relations - it is so easy in a relationship like that [of an artist and… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
Are you angry? Punch a pillow. Was it satisfying? Not hardly. These days people are too angry for punching. What you might try is stabbing. Take an old pillow and lay it on the front lawn. Stab it with a big pointy knife. Again and again and again. Stab hard enough for the point of the knife to go into… — Miranda July Copy Share
I'm not a cinephile. My films don't reference films. I'm more interested in rhythm and feeling. — Miranda July Copy Share Image
“We were anxious to begin our life as people who had no people. And it was easy to find an apartment because we had no standards; we were just amazed that it was *our* door, *our* rotting carpet, *our* cockroach infestation... We were excited about getting jobs; we hardly went anywhere without filling out an application. But once we were… — Miranda July Copy Share
I'm always the kind of friend or girlfriend who suggests, when there's some cataclysmic problem in the relationship, I'm like, "Well, maybe we can… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
I wrestle my fears with every big decision I make. Ultimately, maybe all that wrestling does is make you sick of your own thoughts, and so with nothing resolved you just go ahead and have unprotected sex. The moment I became pregnant, everything became out of gait. None of those fears seem relevant in the same way, and that's so… — Miranda July Copy Share
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