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Diablo Cody

(1978) Blogger United States

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Diablo Cody is a blogger from the United States, best known for Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper.

Quick Facts About Diablo Cody

Born: June 14, 1978
Nationality: United States
Profession: Blogger
Notable works: Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper

About Diablo Cody

Brook Maurio, known professionally by the pen name Diablo Cody, is an American writer and producer. She gained recognition for her candid blog and subsequent memoir, Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper (2005). Cody received critical acclaim for her screenwriting debut film, Juno (2007), winning both the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay Writers Guild of America Award

Quotes by Diablo Cody · Page 3

Juno: Honest to blog?

Honest

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It doesn't matter if they're in front of the camera or behind the camera. I know women who are producers who are…

Almonds

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People say 'teenage girls aren't so clever. Your characters should be less articulate to reflect our youth.' People who say that aren't…

Character

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Put your blog out into the world and hope that your talent will speak for itself.

Speak

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I have a lot of screenwriter friends and many of them have had an experience where they aren't even welcome on set…

Friendship

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'Sweet Valley High' is fantastic, fabulous, a little bit campy, and - dare I say it - cinematic.

Cinematic

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You definitely meet a lot of extremely powerful, successful, wealthy people in Hollywood who are extremely miserable.

Hollywood

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In the past, I'll admit, I've enjoyed being compared to the protagonists in my screenplays.

Admit

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I actually have two children now, and sometimes I wonder if that's it. Because they do make writing and directing more complicated…

Children

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I keep joking that I'm in Jason Reitman Film School, because I keep asking him questions every single day about directing and…

Asking

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I think I might be one of the only people in America, or at least the only person I know, who saw…

America

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If this whole writing thing doesn't work out, I'll be getting right back on the pole.

Ifs

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I've been so lucky - I worked with Jason Reitman twice, who has always been a really strong advocate for my voice,…

Advocate

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To aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work visible,…

Ability

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To enjoy being famous, you need to have a screw loose.

Being

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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…

Crowds

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Jeez banana! Shut your freaking gob!

Bananas

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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.…

Psychology

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Now '90210' is returning with an all-new cast of slightly more plausible teens. I'll be honest: I wish the old cast was…

Adults

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I hear that 5 o'clock whistle in my mind like Fred Flintstone and I have to stop. I'm also not much of…

Clock

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I really just love to open a blank document and spew, whereas with a screenplay I have to be more judicious.

Blank

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The best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are.

Bad mood

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Thanks a heap coyote ugly. This cactus-gram stings worse than your abandonment.

Abandonment

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Juno MacGuff: Wise move. I know this girl who had a huge crazy freakout because she took too many behavioral meds at…

Chins

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For me, stripping was an unusual kind of escape. I had nothing to escape but privilege, but I claimed asylum anyway. At…

Accomplished

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