“There's all different kinds of people, but I don't think it's that unusual that once you get like a little power, you get to do your weird thing even more.” PeopleThinkingKindLittlesDifferentUnusualDifferent KindsWeird ThingsYour Weird Author:Miranda July
“The whole thing of working in all these different mediums, it's just so that I can always be playing hooky from one of them. I can always be rebelling against my boss. Like, I'm supposed to be writing this book, but - heh heh heh - I'm writing a movie, secretly. I'm procrastinating, and in my off-hours I'm working on this movie that I'm not allowed to do, because I'm supposed to be writing a book!” WritingI CanBookDifferentWholeHoursMediumsSupposed To BeBossWriting A BookProcrastinating Author:Miranda July
“To get anything done, you used to have to brush past, or at least lay eyes on, someone whose reality was totally different from your own. That used to be inevitable. If that goes away because everything's so convenient, everything's brought to you, well, then there goes one of my favorite parts of life, and something that I've gone out of my way to court.” IfsWayWellsDifferentDoneRealityEyePastUsedGoneCourtLaysMy FavoriteUsed To BeMy WayInevitableBrushesConvenientParts Of Life Author:Miranda July
“I wrestle my fears with every big decision I make. Ultimately, maybe all that wrestling does is make you sick of your own thoughts, and so with nothing resolved you just go ahead and have unprotected sex. The moment I became pregnant, everything became out of gait. None of those fears seem relevant in the same way, and that's so like life, that once you do the daring move you're in a totally different landscape. Now it's a new story.” WayDoeDifferentMomentsStoriesBigsSeemsMovingSexDecisionSickLandscapeWrestlingRelevantDaringPregnantGaitBig Decisions Author:Miranda July
“I've always been terrified of getting used to something that is actually killing me-a relationship or a job. But in those cases, you can count on a friend to say something. The Internet is different, because all my friends are in the same relationship.” DifferentJobsUsedCasesInternetMy FriendsKillingTerrified Author:Miranda July
“If you read my short stories, there's a lot of sex in those in all different ways. To me, it's a really good, useful thing to get to have in a story. And in a movie, it's amazing, because you actually get to show things.” IfsWayDifferentStoriesShowsSexDifferent WaysShort StoryUseful Things Author:Miranda July
“We really wanted to know all the unknowable things about each other and how we were the same and how we were different, if we even were, maybe nobody is.” IfsKnowsDifferentWanted Book:No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories
