I think when you take people who are damaged and you give them money and freedom, it can be a toxic cocktail. — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I do not quote my own movies. I think I would be pretty insufferable if I did. — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I'm a pessimist by nature. I don't think things are ever going to work out, I'm not particularly ambitious. — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I don't think coolness used to be such a commodity among adults. And now it is. — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I think it's pretty obvious that women's stories are not necessarily being told in Hollywood and women are not necessarily being put… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
When you're in a competitive environment, always give out the impression that you don't care. It makes people want you more. If… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I want Maggie Gyllenhaal. I don't know why. I don't think she necessarily looks like me or acts like me, I just… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I usually try not to think about actors while writing, because the odds of those stars aligning and you getting those specific… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I think it's great when writers get recognition; it doesn't happen very often. I just don't want that writer to be me.… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
You make a first impression and people never forget it. If people want to think of me as the wacky 'Juno' lady… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I think I might be one of the only people in America, or at least the only person I know, who saw… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
And I think I'm an adrenaline junkie, and there's nothing that will spike your adrenaline more than sitting in a theater and… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I know most people don't like to be around teenagers but I do. I'm one of the only people I can think… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I think when you're writing prose there's a lot of attendant description and that's were I used to really go bananas. With… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I think I have always sort of cultivated a flowery writing style. I've always sort of over - written in every genre… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
To aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work visible,… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, I can't fault other writers and directors for how they choose to present themselves, but I just think people are very… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I've been an avid consumer of young adult literature since I was one, and I think some people leave that stuff behind… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
When you're trying to come up with an idea for a movie it's actually the hardest part - the germ of the… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I don't think I ever got the hang of the writers' room. I love collaborating with people, but I really do my… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
The fact is, when I wrote 'Juno' - and I think this is part of its charm and appeal - I didn't… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I am a karaoke purist and I don't like that. I don't think it's enough for you to just be there with… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
One nice thing about being a woman in Hollywood is that the women tend to be very close-knit. All of us writers and directors… — Diablo Cody Copy Share
You know, it shouldn't just be about women as heroic figures overcoming things, it just needs to be about women in general getting the… — Diablo Cody Copy Share
It's possible that I've matured as a writer, and I hope I've matured emotionally, but I always find myself revisiting these adolescent scenes. — Diablo Cody Copy Share
Hollywood is a perpetual summerland, a temperate, godless yaw where the very word 'season' has been co-opted by television executives. There are few harbingers… — Diablo Cody Copy Share
I do a nice sloppy first draft like everybody else. And then just work at it and work at it and groom it. I… — Diablo Cody Copy Share
But here is the single greatest thing about the 'Vanity Fair' party: There are uniformed In-N-Out Burger employees circulating the room with trays of… — Diablo Cody Copy Share
People don't have these tidy little redemption arcs in reality the way they do in movies. — Diablo Cody Copy Share
This is for the writers. I want to thank all the writers. I especially want to thank my fellow nominees because I worship you… — Diablo Cody Copy Share
I had the experience last year of directing my first feature while I had a 1-year-old son and while I was also pregnant, so… — Diablo Cody Copy Share
I absolutely relate to being alone in squalor, trying to come up with something adequate. I relate to that, and I've been known to… — Diablo Cody Copy Share
In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad… — Diablo Cody Copy Share
The public's appetite for frothy, flippant blondes has waned, but Paris Hilton still fascinates me. — Diablo Cody Copy Share
I spent a lot of time staring at the clock in school, so I have that kind of personality. — Diablo Cody Copy Share
