Top 62 Quotes by Lena Dunham

I spent all my time on my movies worried that people were eating and that the schedule was being kept, so to have experts in those areas giving me the brain space as a writer and director is huge.

I do think girls in their twenties accept certain kinds of lesser treatment than they would at other times in their lives.

You're raised to think being a mother is an inevitable step in your development but you start to ask yourself questions, because not every woman does want to have children.

I think romantic comedy, when done right, is my favorite genre. It's just a genre that's very human.

It's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.

I am not a particularly political person, but, as a Tribeca resident, the commodification of September 11th is offensive to me.

I never start anything with a really overt, political, or even exactly artistic mission statement.

I'm half Jewish half WASP.

If you're writing, you're starting in private. It can really be this amazing, private, freeing experience. Forget that it's for other people - that comes in later.

I find it really awkward to do a scene where I'm supposed to seem like I'm in love.