Lena Dunham Quotes & Sayings

“It's interesting how we often can't see the ways in which we are being strong - like, you can't be aware of what you're doing that's tough and brave at the time that you're doing it because if you knew that it was brave, then you'd be scared.”

“I always imagined that having a baby is something that I'm going to keep in a private place, but maybe my curse is that all I'm going to want to do is tell everybody about what my birth process was like and what my children's nightmares are.”

“I always thought the saddest feeling in life is when you're dancing in a really joyful way and then you hit your head on something.”

“It's very easy for me to say what success is. I think success is connecting with an audience who understands you and having a dialogue with them. I think success is continuing to push yourself forward creatively and not sort of becoming a caricature of yourself.”

“When I graduated college I had a series of just humiliating jobs that I couldn't believe I was at.”

“Positive, healthy, loving relationships in your twenties... I don't know if anyone would disagree with it: I think they're the exception, not the norm. People are either playing house really aggressively because they're scared of what an uncertain time it is, or they're avoiding commitment altogether.”

“Every time I start feeling sexy I trip.”

“I quit acting when I was 11 because I was cast as a bouncing ball in 'Alice in Wonderland,' and I felt slighted and wounded.”

“Let's call a spade a spade - a lot of times when you are a vegetarian it is a just not very effective eating disorder.”

“I think if you feel like you were born to write, then you probably were.”