Lena Dunham - People Quotes

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I have been envious of male characteristics, if not the men themselves. I'm jealous of the ease with which they seem to inhabit their professional pursuits: the lack of apologizing, of bending over backward to make sure the people around them are comfortable with what they're trying to do. The fact that they are so often free of the people-pleasing instincts I have considered to be a curse of my female existence.

Lena Dunham

The people accusing me of being productive don't know how hard it is for me to just bend my elbow sometimes.

Lena Dunham