I have a ships bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate.

My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.

People idealize or reminisce about their 20s, but nobody tells you beforehand that it's hard and unglamorous and often very unpleasant.

A lot of people in line at the grocery store think that they know me, but they don't.

I grew up backstage and on movie sets, and I thought they were the most magical places on Earth.

I'm a little bit of a weirdo - I'm kind of a loner, I didn't go to college, I spend a lot of my time reading. I've been working since I was 17, so that's sort of been my life.

With 'Girls,' it doesn't really feel like I'm doing TV specifically. It just feels like we're making a really long film.

Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.

No matter what we as individual women want, no matter what our goals, we have to support one another.

I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see.

I don't know if I would call myself a religious human.

We born dyin'...But you ask a man an' he talk like he gonna live forevah.

Mourn with those who are sorrowful.Be happy with those who are joyful.

When you find that the person worth taking a bullet from is the one standing behind it

I am a Catholic. Basically, the Catholic religion is 'If it feels good - stop.'

You learn not to mourn every little thing out here, or you’d never, ever stop grieving.

The heart is the perfection of the whole organism. Therefore the principles of the power of perception and the souls ability to nourish itself must lie in the heart.

We're all made to make mistakes; nobody's perfect.

Cruel World has been my favourite track from Ultraviolence ever since I recorded it.

Lover's words: “How beautiful you are, now that you love me.”

If you have never changed your mind about some fundamental tenet of your belief, if you have never questioned the basics, and if you have no wish to do so, then you are likely ignorant.