Elizabeth wurtzel

My life's actually been quite dull; it's not all that glamorous.

The men have piled up in my past, have fallen trenchantly through my life, like an avalanche that doesn't mean to kill but is going to bury me alive just the same.

It was just very interesting to me that certain types of women inspire people's imagination, and all of them were very difficult women.

All I do is go to the movies.

I always carry lots of stuff with me wherever I roam, always weighted down with books, with cassettes, with pens and paper, just in case I get the urge to sit down somewhere, and oh, I don't know,...

Like, in high school, I was a good student and got straight As. It was very strict and you couldn't do well there unless you studied very hard, but every time there was any trouble, I was the first...

It's like Samson and Delilah: watch your back, because trouble could be the person you're sleeping with.

Everything's plastic, we're all gonna die.

You don't even have to hate to have a perfectly miserable time.

Yes, the United States is still the great meritocracy it's always been; but now, if you aren't brilliant or beautiful or both, there isn't much to do, because they can do it cheaper in Shanghai or...