“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.”
AgeAll Quotes by Lena Dunham
“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 went to an amazing school in Brooklyn called St. Anne's that's a really kind of creative hot bed.”
Amazing“I would go to work from 9 to 6, go home, nap for two hours, then write from 8 to 2 a.m.”
Home“At my age, no one is married, no one has kids, no one has a career.”
Age“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 feel like I don't watch that many shows with death.”
Death“I feel like a lot of the female relationships I see on TV or in movies are in some way free of the kind of jealousy and anxiety and posturing that has been such a huge part of my female friendships, which I hope lessens a little bit with age.”
Age“There's always an article coming out, saying, 'The new thing is funny women!'”
Funny“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“It's funny, I never considered that people are going to see me on the show and maybe stop me on the subway.”
Funny“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“My mom knows pretty well how I see her.”
Mom“I'm not great at dating, but I need to do it to relax.”
Dating“I never sort of thought of myself as a comedy writer, by nature.”
Nature“I never thought of myself as like, a funny person.”
Funny“I just hope that I continue to keep a line between my private life and who I play, even if they are closely intertwined, and so I'm careful. I don't even know where my line is, but I know I have a line.”
Hope“I've only recently realized that I have a radically different relationship with my parents than a lot of people.”
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“My weight fluctuates depending on my mood and my current devotion to my fitness routine.”
Fitness