Jenny Zhang : (4) " I know I am not the first woman to ask this, but how can I be both damaged and loveable? How do I become the protagonist of a story? " - Jenny Zhang " I think Lena Dunham, the public figure, is – I hate the word ‘brand,’ but I’m going to use it – it’s such a brand that is so tethered to her public persona and to ‘Girls’, but also this progressive politics that she’s been more vocal about. " - Jenny Zhang " There’s so much of our behavior that kind of curdles and hardens as we get into adulthood, and it becomes so much more difficult to be hopeful and to dream extravagantly. " - Jenny Zhang " People who have very devastating lives sometimes have the most wild, avant-garde humor. It’s like when you’ve seen it all and been through it all, nothing is off-limits in a way. " - Jenny Zhang