342 Quotes by Lena Dunham

Remember when you discovered your father owned a book called “How To Disappear and Never Be Found?” You’re sure it was just research for new and creative ways of thinking, for concepts that might apply to his work, but it raised the distinct possibility that there is something very upsetting that people you love could do instead of dying.

I’ve only recently realized that I have a radically different relationship with my parents than a lot of people.

The anxiety that has followed me through my life like a bad friend had reappeared with a vengeance and taken a brand-new form... I didn’t know why this was happening. The cruel reality of anxiety is that you never quite do.

It’s really hard to grow with another person.

My shape reminds me a lot of my grandmother, whom I was really close to. She died when I was 13, and we have a really similar body type, the squat New England woman who can roll out dough and bring in your lawnmower. That’s kind of the vibe of my body, and I’m into it.

No one wants to see a tattoo on a stomach.

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 – that comes in later.

I was being desexualized in slow motion, becoming a teddy bear with breasts.

And one day you’ll get out of bed to pee, and someone will say, “I hate it when you leave” and you will WANT to rush back. You’ll think, stuff like this only happens to characters played by Jennifer Garner, right? but it’s happening to you and it keeps happening even when you cry or misbehave or show him how terrible you are at planning festive group outings. He seems to be there without reservation. He pays attention. He listens. He seems to want to stay.