“I get uncomfortable when people give me presents and watch me open the...” — Brit Marling Quote

“I get uncomfortable when people give me presents and watch me open them. I don't have birthday parties, because the idea of a group of people singing and looking at me while I'm blowing out candles gives me hives.”

“Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic.”

“I've found myself at one in the morning just sitting at my desk spending an hour returning emails from the day until like two in the morning. It's ridiculous, I should be sleeping, or dreaming, or reading a novel.”

“Your children need your presence more than your presents.”

“I want to feel pampered and special on my birthday.”

“Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.”