It's not that I don't want to hear about that [blow job] stuff, I just want to hear about it immediately. And I want to hear about it on more comfortable terms.

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.

It would probably be too easy a cop out to say that just Republican males hate me. Though there's a large swath of them, for sure.

I have work, and then I have a dinner thing. And then I am busy, trying to become who I am.

On Girls I like being a mouthpiece for the issues I think young females face today. It’s always shocking when people question whether it’s a feminist show. How could a show about women exploring women not be? Feminism isn’t a dirty word. It’s not like we’re a deranged group who think women should take over the planet, raise our young on our own and eliminate men from the picture. Feminism is about women having all the rights that men have.

I write at all different times. I write in my bed, I write at the table. I need to get it together. I'm working on a book and working, and just jam it in whenever it makes sense.

Throughout the day I often ask myself, Could I fall asleep right now? and the answer is always a resounding yes.