Quotes by Lisa Lutz

Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isnt quite as spectacular.

If you havent said I love you to someone today, do it. You wont always be happy, but you should try to be. Dont be too afraid of germs. Those people have no fun. Remember to look around sometimes. You might see something you havent seen before or at the very least avoid being hit by a flying object. Speaking of flying objects, dont spend your life looking for extraterrestrial life, unless you work for NASA. Remember that you always have to cooperate with someone. Life is an endless negotiation. Play fair. Stay out of jail. Dont live in the past. Eat breakfast. It really is the most important meal of the day. Try to make new friends, even when you think youre too old to do that. ...And finally, remember this Yes is always a better work than no. Unless, of course, someone has just asked you to commit a felony.

I refuse to have a life partner who spends his days pretending to be on a BBC show.

But Vivien wasnt being given the chance to sow her wild oats. Speaking from a point of authority, its best to get that shit out of the way when you are young.

Humor is the only way to tell a story. Especially the dark ones.

Ive always adored the filmmaker Sam Fuller. The first time I watched Shock Corridor was such a magnificent discovery. I love his lack of subtlety, the way he tackles serious topics with bold and inappropriate humor.

Although Im not an orphan and I cant lift a horse. I was, however, briefly famous for my feats of strength: at about age 11, I could competitively arm-wrestle a full-grown man.

I wrote my first screenplay on a lark, because it was a storytelling format that felt like a familiar shorthand - we all watch movies, dont we? But even though I grew up in Los Angeles, my family was entirely unconnected with the movie industry, and I never truly believed that it would one day be my fate.

I could never really choose a favorite book, but whenever Im asked what my favorite movie is, I always say Withnail & I, a British film from 1987. Its funny and sad and absolutely gorgeous to look at. Its the film I can watch over and over again.

I have a love/hate relationship with jogging.

Hair color is the easiest way to change your appearance, but a bad dye job might draw more attention to you.

“Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isnt quite as spectacular.”