183 Quotes by Lauren Graham

Also, we decided that people who can afford giant bags of cocaine should really be embarrassed at leaving anything less than a cool hundy in the tip jar.

I do however like to tell people, especially regarding writing and deadlines: “Don’t be perfect, just be done.

I’ve spent a lot of time wondering, What’s going to happen? What’s going to happen? I try not to allow myself to do that much anymore. I think ive gotten more comfortable with the unknown.

Good news! My accountant has just informed me that by imparting all these Top-Secret Hollywood Secrets to you, I’ve now saved you at least one zillion American dollars!

I’m nice, and I show up on time.

In the meantime, perform every job as if you’re being well paid, as someone who probably wasn’t paying me well once told me. Which is to say: why not treat yourself now as the success you dream if becoming? Respect yourself and your work as you would if you were being paid to be the boss, and I bet you’ll climb the ladder even faster.

Also, while there’s nothing wrong with doing things to make you feel better, I just wish the choices were limited to simpler things many of us have access to, like drinking more water or jogging or finding a more flattering shade of lipstick.

Sometimes the idea of doing something is the most fun part, and after you go through with it, you feel deflated because you realize you’re back to looking for the next thrill.

In blindly trying a different path, I accidentally found one that worked better.