But I want to tell my stories, more than that, I have to in order to stay sane. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I thought about starting a novella club because it seemed less ambitious. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I think if you feel like you were born to write, then you probably were. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Let's be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I have to write people who feel honest but also push our cultural ball forward. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
That's the feeling [of relativity] I always had about [Judy Blume] books which I re-read and re-read and re-read. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
If you're writing, you're starting in private. It can really be this amazing, private, freeing experience. Forget that it's for other people… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I write at all different times. I write in my bed, I write at the table. I need to get it together.… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I took "Forever" [by Judy Blume] to the bathroom to read [when I was eight] and then I heard my mom coming… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
When we, as young women, are given the space to read, the act becomes a happy, private corner we can return to… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I really loved ["The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P" by Adelle Waldman]. It's having a really hot moment. Unlike many hot books,… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I would go to work from 9 to 6, go home, nap for two hours, then write from 8 to 2 a.m. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I would have specific books [when I was 12 or 13] that had pages that I knew had sex on them that… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
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… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
“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… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Calling someone a drama queen is so negative. Why not 'content creator'? — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
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… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
“I am sorry (not to you but in a deeper way, sorry for my brain chemistry and who I am.” — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
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… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
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… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
My shape reminds me a lot of my grandmother, whom I was really close to. She died when I was 13, and we have… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I never set out to make any statements about a specific character, I just set out to tell what feels like is a truthful… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
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… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I would go to work from 9 to 6, go home, nap for two hours, then write from 8 to 2 a.m. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
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