I do a nice sloppy first draft like everybody else. And then just work at it and work at it and groom… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
People don't have these tidy little redemption arcs in reality the way they do in movies. — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I didn't even know how to talk to people, I didn't know how to talk to the press. I was just a… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
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 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
People have always wanted to be recognized, and that's human nature. But people used to want to be recognized for their accomplishments,… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
Tabloid photos capture people at their most self-conscious and disoriented; in real life, Paris Hilton is like an elegant paper crane. — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
The one thing I have found about Hollywood is it's a town full of people who believe in themselves, often to a… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
Bren MacGuff: Well, honey, doctors are sadists who like to play God and watch lesser people scream... — 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
People say 'teenage girls aren't so clever. Your characters should be less articulate to reflect our youth.' People who say that aren't… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
You definitely meet a lot of extremely powerful, successful, wealthy people in Hollywood who are extremely miserable. — 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
I feel like I'm part of a generation of people who are stuck in the past and are really self-absorbed. I mean,… — 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
There's this double standard that exists and it really frustrates me. If a woman chooses to work, people say, "Oh it's so… — 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
People are more interested in being visible than they are in loving other people. — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I'm one of the people that were divorced by 30, which is apparently a growing group... Obviously it's something that affects you… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
That's also why comedy and horror are my two favorite genres of film to write, because you get these outbursts of emotion… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
Unfortunately I don't live by a Target now, so I just go to a regular Starbucks as opposed to a Starbucks nested… — 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
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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
It's actually much harder to develop a TV show than I had anticipated. — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
People don't have these tidy little redemption arcs in reality the way they do in movies. — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image