60 Quotes by Rebecca Miller

Writing is acting in the sense that you're imagining and inhabiting another. In the book I was trying to get at the root of what true acting is.

I was interested in the mystical element of humor - was humor part of creation? Is God laughing at us, or with us?

I'm fascinated by what makes up a self, how one becomes a self, how much is it an answer to others and how much is it an essence of self.

That's one thing I find about having children - it does unlock a door that separates you from other women who've had children.

I think it's very important to keep being frightened - if you're not frightening yourself, you should take a break. You need to keep experimenting. You also need to take time - that's how you do good stuff - layering and depth of knowledge.

I've always been fascinated by the way that children and animals suffer stoically in a way that I don't think adults do.

The quality of life decreases with heightened security.

I was an anorexic, beer drinking, class cutting, doodling, shoplifting, skater chick that was into nature, art class, and the beach.

I am half-Jewish, and yet really hadn't been brought up within the Jewish faith. So I had felt culturally Jewish, if that's possible, without really understanding it.