Feminists believe that men and women should have the same opportunities. If you are a feminist you believe in equal rights as a whole. That’s not a concept you can really shoot down.

I think about my best friendship - which the Marnie-Hannah friendship in Girls is based on - as like a great romance of my young life.

My fears came true: People called me fat and hideous, and I lived. And now I keep living.

I've been a little haphazard about how nude I get, and the only thing that keeps me from getting anxious about it is that I've had complete control over it.

I thought I wanted to be a journalist or a novelist.

My parents were open about sex. And my dad makes paintings that have a sexual component and it still scares me.

The end never comes when you think it will. It's always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left.