I am thinking particularly of a shower I took where the lower half of my body was under the running water and the upper half was laid out on the bath mat, eating a loaf of bread.

For straight, hetero people it's very easy to unintentionally say something that might not honor people's identities fully, and Grace Dunham is a really amazing educational resource.

I never set out to make any statements about a specific character, I just set out to tell what feels like is a truthful story, a person that you and I might truly encounter.

You should always go where there is a 'you-shaped' hole in the world.

I think some people are really connected to who they were as children. And some people aren't.

Don't wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary.

The male capacity for turning the negative into a compliment is really alarming.