Lydia Millet Quotes

I like getting a tan, so if I'm lying on the beach, I want to get as much skin out as possible.

There's no California tan about me. People assume I can't tan, but I actually can. I went on a trip to Hawaii when I was younger and came back so tan that people were like, 'What happened?' It's just not something I actively do. I want to embrace my ivory.

Tanning is tricky, because a lot of people just look orange.

They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay down and tan all over.

I'm not too good at lying still in the sun.

There's no such thing as a healthy tan, and that's what people need to understand.

Sometimes I've sat outside, not to tan, but as a result of that I ended up tanning slightly.

I'm pretty fair-skinned, so I need to get in the sun for a little while.

I can't tan naturally.

I don't approve of sunbathing, and it's bad for you.

I don't mind being pale. In high school, it seemed like everybody cared about being tan all year round, but I haven't really thought about it since then. I don't go to a tanning bed, and I get bored when I lay out. I put sunscreen on when I'm in the sun, and sometimes I get tan, but I don't really think about it very much.

I stay out of the sun; I'm pretty fair. I don't tan - I burn, so I stay out.

I get burnt in the sun, so there's no point me getting pecs for when I take my shirt off in the summer.

Even though we all know the facts, it's hard to resist the lure of a tan.

I can't take a well-tanned person seriously.

Being in Australia, I was really sun conscious. For a couple of summers there, I did the baby oil thing, and my my mom said, 'Just don't. You'll regret it.'

I love the sun but don't have the time to get a good tan and keep it year-round, so I am a huge fan of tanning products.

I know white clothing is supposed to enhance that summer glow, but writers don't tan.

I'm tanned from head to toe, and it looks like I've been in The Bahamas.

The one thing I really lucked out on is that all through my teenage years, when my sister was a lifeguard and everyone I knew was out in the sun all day - I was in the theater. Everyone called me Casper because I never had a tan, and everyone else was tan all the time. I think that was the luckiest thing of my life.

I'll sometimes go and do a sunbed, but never spray tan.

I cannot lie on the beach or by a swimming pool. I think I'm too Nordic to like a lot of relentless sun.

It's important to me to have a healthy tan with so much skin showing.

When I go away, I do like to sunbathe and relax in the sun but I use SPF. I use factor 30 on my face and 20 or 30 on my body.

I love to be tan. Maybe this is the wrong message, but I don't always put sunscreen on.