342 Quotes by Lena Dunham

Things I’ve learned from my mother: Luxury is nice, but creativity is nicer.

I am not a particularly political person, but, as a Tribeca resident, the commodification of September 11th is offensive to me.

We both followed our hearts and had no choice but to hurt each other deeply.

I’ve always had a talent for recognizing when I am in a moment worth being nostalgic for. When I was little, my mother would come home from a party, her hair cool from the wind, her perfume almost gone, and her lips a faded red, and she would coo at me “You’re still awake! Hiiii.” And I’d think how beautiful she was and how I always wanted to remember her stepping out of the elevator in her pea-green wool coat, thirty-nine years old, just like that.

Don’t put yourself in situations you’d like to run away from. But when you run, run back to yourself.

On a personal level, I’m proud of Grace Dunham for being so staunchly in her identity. It’s a very unusual thing for a young person. I think she’s been very strong about it.

People are ultimately threatened by young people taking positions of power.

You know, when I first started making online videos, there were a lot of filmmakers I befriended who were doing it too.

There is something vulnerable about showing your tattoos to people, even while it gives you a feeling that you are wearing a sleeve when you are naked.