5 Quotes by Mara Altman

The thing that you dislike the most, that bugs you the most, that scares you the most – that’s what you need to go do.

The mention of minivans, white picket fences, T-ball practice – all of it made my labia shrivel up and collapse in on themselves.

Maybe there are so many divorces because we use expressions like “tie the knot” to describe a marriage. Knots are so easy to untie! If we wanted marriages to last longer, we should refer to them differently. Like, “I’m soldering the steel.” Or, “I’m fusing the atoms.” Or, “I’m making a roux.” If my husband asked me for a divorce, it just wouldn’t work. I’d be like, “I’m sorry, dude. We’re soldered.

Sitting around waiting for inspiration is for amateurs. If you’re a professional, you show up every day at work.

I don’t elucidate it. I don’t praise myself. I just have this feeling inside that that sentence went well.