Don't wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary.
Lena DunhamI 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. People taking pictures of what they eat and showing them on their Facebook. People assume that people have a level of interest in what they're doing that's maybe far greater than it is, although there is an audience for all that stuff.
Lena DunhamIt's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.
Lena DunhamYou just have to work, we all have to work really hard to take care of ourselves and feed ourselves good information, just like we feed ourselves good food. Feed ourselves good books and good messaging and the things that make us feel like we can be connected with ourselves and others in a deeper way.
Lena Dunham