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Miranda July Quotes: "Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees."

Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.



Miranda July Quotes: "That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it."

That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it.




Miranda July Quotes: "What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real."

What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.



Miranda July Quotes: "I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again."

I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again.




Miranda July Quotes: "Don't wait to be sure. Move, move, move."

Don't wait to be sure. Move, move, move.



Miranda July Quotes: "We come from long lines of people destined never to meet."

We come from long lines of people destined never to meet.



Miranda July Quotes: "... we had once called out hello into the cauldron of the world and then run away before anyone could respond."

... we had once called out hello into the cauldron of the world and then run away before anyone could respond.




Miranda July Quotes: "Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed."

Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.



Miranda July Quotes: "I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world."

I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world.



Miranda July Quotes: "Live the dream, Potato."

Live the dream, Potato.



Miranda July Quotes: "Since I started making art, I've always had some kind of project that was really about and for other people, because I think I just need that balance to feel sane myself — you know?"

Since I started making art, I've always had some kind of project that was really about and for other people, because I think I just need that balance to feel sane myself — you know?



Miranda July Quotes: "I really did not feel okay about any of this, and there was really nothing I could do about any of it."

I really did not feel okay about any of this, and there was really nothing I could do about any of it.




Miranda July Quotes: "I definitely wanted much more normalness than what was around me."

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



Miranda July Quotes: "It is terrible to have to ask for anything ever. We wish we were something that needed nothing, like paint. But even paint needs repainting."

It is terrible to have to ask for anything ever. We wish we were something that needed nothing, like paint. But even paint needs repainting.



Miranda July Quotes: "I eat an egg every morning, and when I'm done, I almost always have the thought: There. Now even if I'm captured and starved, I'll be able to live off the protein of that egg for a while."

I eat an egg every morning, and when I'm done, I almost always have the thought: There. Now even if I'm captured and starved, I'll be able to live off the protein of that egg for a while.



Miranda July Quotes: "It would require constant vigilance to not replace each person with my own fictional version of them."

It would require constant vigilance to not replace each person with my own fictional version of them.



Miranda July Quotes: "I actually don't have a great surplus of ideas. Some evolve very slowly, over many years, but I sort of trust that all of the interesting ones will become something that I eventually end up doing."

I actually don't have a great surplus of ideas. Some evolve very slowly, over many years, but I sort of trust that all of the interesting ones will become something that I eventually end up doing.



Miranda July Quotes: "That's the artist's job, really: continually setting yourself free, and giving yourself new options and new ways of thinking about things."

That's the artist's job, really: continually setting yourself free, and giving yourself new options and new ways of thinking about things.



Miranda July Quotes: "When I write, I wear earplugs. I don't want to be self-conscious. I don't want to be thinking about the fact that I'm thinking about it. I just want to be in it. It's one element of hypnosis."

When I write, I wear earplugs. I don't want to be self-conscious. I don't want to be thinking about the fact that I'm thinking about it. I just want to be in it. It's one element of hypnosis.



Miranda July Quotes: "If you want to have a character who falls into crisis, all you have to do is turn the Internet off, and then we all understand how that feels, when you suddenly just have time and yourself."

If you want to have a character who falls into crisis, all you have to do is turn the Internet off, and then we all understand how that feels, when you suddenly just have time and yourself.



Miranda July Quotes: "Things usually make sense in time, and even bad decisions have their own kind of correctness."

Things usually make sense in time, and even bad decisions have their own kind of correctness.



Miranda July Quotes: "I realize that we all think we might be terrible people. But we only reveal this before we ask someone to love us. It is a kind of undressing."

I realize that we all think we might be terrible people. But we only reveal this before we ask someone to love us. It is a kind of undressing.



Miranda July Quotes: "There was nothing in this world that was not a con, suddenly I understood this. Nothing really mattered, and nothing could be lost."

There was nothing in this world that was not a con, suddenly I understood this. Nothing really mattered, and nothing could be lost.



Miranda July Quotes: "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."

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.



Miranda July Quotes: "This pain, this dying, this is just normal. This is how life is. In fact, I realize, there never was an earthquake. Life is just this way, broken, and I am crazy for dreaming of something else."

This pain, this dying, this is just normal. This is how life is. In fact, I realize, there never was an earthquake. Life is just this way, broken, and I am crazy for dreaming of something else.



Miranda July Quotes: "I gave you things I wasn't sure I even had."

I gave you things I wasn't sure I even had.



Miranda July Quotes: "Life is just this way, broken, and I am crazy to hope for something else."

Life is just this way, broken, and I am crazy to hope for something else.



Miranda July Quotes: "I could not make a move without making love."

I could not make a move without making love.



Miranda July Quotes: "This person realizes that staying home means blowing off everyone this person has ever known. But the desire to stay in is very strong. This person wants to run a bath and then read in bed."

This person realizes that staying home means blowing off everyone this person has ever known. But the desire to stay in is very strong. This person wants to run a bath and then read in bed.



Miranda July Quotes: "In an ideal world, we would have been orphans. We felt like orphans and we felt deserving of the pity that orphans get, but embarrassingly enough, we had parents."

In an ideal world, we would have been orphans. We felt like orphans and we felt deserving of the pity that orphans get, but embarrassingly enough, we had parents.



Miranda July Quotes: "It was a small thing, but it was a thing, and things have a way of either dying or growing, and it wasn’t dying."

It was a small thing, but it was a thing, and things have a way of either dying or growing, and it wasn’t dying.



Miranda July Quotes: "To do someone else's script? I don't think I'd have a reason."

To do someone else's script? I don't think I'd have a reason.



Miranda July Quotes: "She bludgeoned me with a look of such limitless compassion that I immediately began to cry."

She bludgeoned me with a look of such limitless compassion that I immediately began to cry.



Miranda July Quotes: "It occurred to me that everyone’s story matters to themselves, so the more I listened, the more she wanted to talk."

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



Miranda July Quotes: "He's stuck at 3:14 a.m. with only the moon to talk to."

He's stuck at 3:14 a.m. with only the moon to talk to.



Miranda July Quotes: "Did you ever really love her? Not really no. But me? Yes. Even though I have no pizzazz?"

Did you ever really love her? Not really no. But me? Yes. Even though I have no pizzazz?



Miranda July Quotes: "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."

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.



Miranda July Quotes: "It was an act of devotion. A little like writing or loving someone — it doesn’t always feel worthwhile, but not giving up somehow creates unexpected meaning over time."

It was an act of devotion. A little like writing or loving someone — it doesn’t always feel worthwhile, but not giving up somehow creates unexpected meaning over time.



Miranda July Quotes: "We don't really believe in mowing the lawn; we do it only to avoid unnecessary engagement with the neighbors."

We don't really believe in mowing the lawn; we do it only to avoid unnecessary engagement with the neighbors.



Miranda July Quotes: "He pulled away, but his eyes held my eyes like hands."

He pulled away, but his eyes held my eyes like hands.



Miranda July Quotes: "The word God asks a question and then answers it before there is any chance to wonder."

The word God asks a question and then answers it before there is any chance to wonder.



Miranda July Quotes: "I nodded, pretending I was relaxed. I watched the sunlight sparkling on the water and practiced mind-body integration for a few seconds by quietly hyperventilating."

I nodded, pretending I was relaxed. I watched the sunlight sparkling on the water and practiced mind-body integration for a few seconds by quietly hyperventilating.



Miranda July Quotes: "When you can see the beauty of a tree, then you will know what love is."

When you can see the beauty of a tree, then you will know what love is.



Miranda July Quotes: "She never inquired, but she never recoiled, either. This is a quality that I look for in a person, not recoiling."

She never inquired, but she never recoiled, either. This is a quality that I look for in a person, not recoiling.



Miranda July Quotes: "My way into making movies - into making things is general - has been through performing."

My way into making movies - into making things is general - has been through performing.



Miranda July Quotes: "I can't imagine being invested in someone else's script."

I can't imagine being invested in someone else's script.



Miranda July Quotes: "A more normal, mature way to think about it [my work] would be, Oh, I work on multiple projects at once and they overlap, but the actual psychology of it is a lot more self-abusing."

A more normal, mature way to think about it [my work] would be, Oh, I work on multiple projects at once and they overlap, but the actual psychology of it is a lot more self-abusing.



Miranda July Quotes: "The thing I am most interested in is power relations - it is so easy in a relationship like that [of an artist and a gallery manager], to imagine that the other person is living a perfect life."

The thing I am most interested in is power relations - it is so easy in a relationship like that [of an artist and a gallery manager], to imagine that the other person is living a perfect life.



Miranda July Quotes: "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]."

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].