“It's funny, I never considered that people are going to see me on the show and maybe stop me on the subway.”
Funny
“There's always an article coming out, saying, 'The new thing is funny women!'”
FunnyAll Quotes by Lena Dunham
“You know, bad poetry I wrote in high school can still be found on the Internet, and, you know, there's a Web log of our college newspaper. You know, there's so many different stages of my creative development are sort of on-record if somebody were to choose to look for them.”
Poetry“I think romantic comedy, when done right, is my favorite genre. It's just a genre that's very human.”
Romantic“At my age, no one is married, no one has kids, no one has a career.”
Age“None of my actions have ever sort of been motored by the search for a husband or wondering if I was going to have a family someday or wanting to live in a really great house or thinking it would be really great to have a diamond.”
Family“All my freakouts have been pretty private and directed at family pets and/or people I have been dating for too short a time to freak out at in that way.”
Dating“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.”
Positive“My weight fluctuates depending on my mood and my current devotion to my fitness routine.”
Fitness“I never sort of thought of myself as a comedy writer, by nature.”
Nature“I mean, I - it's so funny, I am, you know, I am, you know, a working woman out in the world, but I still live with my parents half the time. I've been sort of taking this very long, stuttering period of moving out.”
Funny“I went to an amazing school in Brooklyn called St. Anne's that's a really kind of creative hot bed.”
Amazing“My mom knows pretty well how I see her.”
Mom“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.”
Success“I would go to work from 9 to 6, go home, nap for two hours, then write from 8 to 2 a.m.”
Home“I never thought of myself as like, a funny person.”
Funny“I've only recently realized that I have a radically different relationship with my parents than a lot of people.”
Relationship“I'm not great at dating, but I need to do it to relax.”
Dating“My parents are artists in their world, in the world of modern artists, you are supposed to just go into your studio and tune everything out, and your entire relationship with your work is supposed to be a super private one. That was the way to do it and you weren't deeply truly artistic if that wasn't the way you were engaging the press.”
Relationship“I'm ridiculous in my oversharing my mom and sister are very open but a little more judicious than me... and my father is a decidedly private person.”
Mom“I feel like you don't know if someone's equipped for a romantic relationship until they're out of their twenties.”
Relationship