Robert Miller asked Lena Dunham:

Do you still have many of the social and sexual frustrations you wrote about in this book, or has your fame alleviated much of this?

Lena Dunham Here is what I will say about fame: it doesn't fix anything. If you were socially anxious before, you will only be more so now that people know who you are in a room. If you hated your teeth, you'll hate them more because you see them in photos you didn't even know were being taken. If you felt like a fraud then, you will feel like a double fraud now. So people looking for relief from their demons through success will be mightily disappointed. That being said, the opportunity to share my work with such a wide and supportive audience has given me a passion and purpose that is a great antidote to self loathing (plus, I am way busier!) As for sex, won't that be weird forever!?

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