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Film director

Miranda July, born on February 15, 1974, is an accomplished American film director known for her distinctive narrative style and profound emotional expression. Her work has garnered widespread acclaim from audiences and critics alike.

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Famous Miranda July Quotes

“If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why not get good at the letting go, rather than the trying to have?”

Ifs Knows Trying Enough Wanted Wise Letting Go This Life Why Not

Book:The First Bad Man

Source: The First Bad Man

“I definitely wanted much more normalness than what was around me.”

Wanted

Author:Miranda July

“Narrative and characters have always interested me. I never tried to alienate an audience. Of course, gradually, I wanted a bigger and bigger space to draw people in, so it's very organic [growth].”

People Character Wanted Courses Space Audience Draws Bigger Narrative

Author:Miranda July

“It occurred to me that everyone’s story matters to themselves, so the more I listened, the more she wanted to talk.”

Matter Stories Wanted

Book:It Chooses You

Source: It Chooses You

“Now began the part of her life where she was just very beautiful, except for nothing. Only winners will know what this feels like. Have you ever wanted something very badly and then gotten it? Then you know that winning is many things, but it is never the thing you thought it would be.”

Knows Feels Would Be Wanted Beautiful Winning Winner Very Beautiful

Book:No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories

Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories

“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.”

Ifs Knows Different Wanted

Book:No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories

Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories

“I moved his hair out of his face. I put my hand under his nose and felt gentle, even breaths. I pressed my lips against his ear and whispered again, It’s not your fault. Perhaps this was really the only thing I had ever wanted to say to anyone, and be told.”

Hands Wanted Faces Felt Hair Ears Breaths Moved Faults Lips Noses Gentle

Book:No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories

Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories

“After I had my son I looked everywhere for a book that might serve as some kind of mirror. I bought so many silly books. Now I see what the problem was: I wanted a book about time-about mortality. I can't think of a writer who is at once so experimentally daring and so rigorously uncompromising as Sarah Manguso. Ongoingness is an incredibly elegant, wise book, and I loved it.”

Thinking Kind I Can Book Problem Might Wanted Wise Son Mirrors Silly My Son Mortality Daring Elegant Uncompromising

Author:Miranda July

“When I was very little, I probably wanted to be more normal. I probably wanted the Laura Ashley bedroom, and instead I got thrift-store everything.”

Littles Wanted Normal Stores Bedroom Thrift Laura Ashley

Author:Miranda July

About the Author

Born: February 15, 1974
Known for: Film director
Quotes: 179

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No One Belongs Here More Than You: StoriesRelated source material

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