Miranda July Quotes

• Some people are uncomfortable with silences. Not me. I’ve never cared much for call and response. Sometimes I will think of something to say and then I ask myself: is it worth it? And it just isn’t.

  Miranda Julio

  Thinking, People, Silence

  Miranda July (2008). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

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• My job is to have new ideas and take risks every day, so I'm always looking forward to the next thing being done or making the next thing that I haven't yet gotten to. That's sort of the constant in my life.

  Miranda Julio

  Jobs, Ideas, Risk

  "Miranda July Exclusive Interview THE FUTURE". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. August 4, 2011.

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• The things keeping you back-these embarrassing, boring, stupid obstacles-are the heart of what it is to be human. They’re the whole reason for making and needing art. So you might as well go ahead and begin in whatever way you can right now.

  Miranda Julio

  Art, Stupid, Might

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• 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?

  Miranda Julio

  Letting Go, Wise, Trying

  Miranda July (2015). “The First Bad Man”, p.189, Canongate Books

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• Do you have doubts about life? Are you unsure if it's worth the trouble? Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you. They are as much for you as they are for other people. Remember this when you wake up in the morning and think you have nothing. Stand up and face the east. Now praise the sky and praise the light within each person under the sky. It's okay to be unsure. But praise, praise, praise.

  Miranda Julio

  Morning, Thinking, Fire

  Miranda July (2008). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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

  Miranda Julio

  Jobs, Artist, Thinking

  Interview with Noel Murray, film.avclub.com. July 28, 2011.

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• I knew the beginning and the end – I just had to dream up a convincing middle.

  Miranda Julio

  Dream, Ends, Middle

  Miranda July (2011). “It Chooses You”, p.5, Canongate Books

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• I had a joint once and I didn't feel right for a whole year

  Miranda Julio

  Years, Joints, Feels Right

  Miranda July (2008). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.46, Simon and Schuster

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• 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 Julio

  Friendship, Hands, Order

  Miranda July (2008). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.135, Simon and Schuster

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

  Miranda Julio

  Moving, Waiting

  Miranda July (2007). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.146, Simon and Schuster

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

  Miranda Julio

  Dream, Moving, Glasses

  Miranda July (2008). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.

  Miranda Julio

  Consentimiento

  Miranda July (2008). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.198, Simon and Schuster

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• Me reí y le dije: "La vida es fácil". Lo que quería decir era: La vida es fácil contigo aquí, y cuando te vayas, volverá a ser dura.

  Miranda Julio

  Said Life, Life Is, Easy

  Miranda July (2008). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.138, Simon and Schuster

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

  Miranda Julio

  Life, Letting Go, Real

  Miranda July (2008). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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

  Miranda Julio

  Miranda July (2007). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.159, Simon and Schuster

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• Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass them on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you.

  Miranda Julio

  Fire, Sky, Faces

  Miranda July (2008). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes I lie in bed trying to decide which of my friends I truly care about, and I always come to the same conclusion: none of them. I thought these were just my starter friends and the real ones would come along later. But no. These are my real friends.

  Miranda Julio

  Real, Lying, Trying

  Miranda July (2008). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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

  Miranda Julio

  Long, People, Lines

  Miranda July (2008). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• Las cosas suelen tener sentido con el tiempo, e incluso las malas decisiones tienen su propio tipo de corrección.

  Miranda Julio

  Inspirational, Being Single, Decision

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• Most great filmmakers are good at place. Like how people say, like, "The city itself is a character in the movie," you know? I'm so interior. I always forget there's such a thing as an exterior wide shot, where you can see where someone is. As opposed to just: how can we show what this person is thinking, in an abstract way that is felt?

  Miranda Julio

  Character, Thinking, Cities

  Interview with Ross Simonini, www.believermag.com. 2015.

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

  Miranda Julio

  Vigilance, Constant, Persons

  Miranda July (2011). “It Chooses You”, p.15, Canongate Books

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• That is my problem with life, I rush through it, like I'm being chased. Even things whose whole point is slowness, like drinking relaxing tea. When I drink relaxing tea I suck it down as if I'm in a contest for who can drink relaxing tea the quickest.

  Miranda Julio

  Drinking, Tea, Problem

  Miranda July (2008). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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• For a split second I felt as though she was nobody special in the larger scheme of my life. She was just some girl who had tied me to her leg to help her sink when she jumped off the bridge. Then I blinked and was in love with her again.

  Miranda Julio

  Girl, Bridges, Special

  Miranda July (2008). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

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• 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 Julio

  Fall, Character, Want

  Fuente: thequietus.com

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• You've got the people you know, which are problematic. Always. They're rich but they're also real people living their lives alongside you. Then you've got the people that you make-up completely, who are often missing a dimension if they don't have some reference to real people. So strangers exist in this in-between space, where in not knowing them, you are creating a fiction for them, even in passing, but at the same time, there they are, with their actual bodies and their actual clothes. It's totally enticing.

  Miranda Julio

  Real, Clothes, Creating

  Interview with Zack Ruskin, therumpus.net. April 18, 2012.

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