I think that people in the phase between being someone's kid and being someone's parent have always been uniquely narcissistic, but that social media and Twitter and LiveJournal make it really easy to navel-gaze in a way that you've never been able to before.

I felt like my parents were always involved with abstraction, and I wanted to do something very specific.

I kind of look like every other girl walking around.

Basically, anything a sexual predator might do to woo a small suburban girl, I was trying.

It's not brave to do something that doesn't scare you.

The idea of being a feminist-so many women have come to this idea of it being anti-male and not able to connect with the opposite sex-but what feminism is about is equality and human rights. For me that is just an essential part of my identity. I hope [Girls] contributes to a continuance of feminist dialogue

Don't put yourself in situations you'd like to run away from. But when you run, run back to yourself.