Diablo Cody Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“I had gone to the bookstore, and while I hadn't bought any books on how to write a screenplay, I'd bought a couple of scripts so I could see how the formatting works. I just needed to know how a Hollywood screenplay looked on the page, which was something I was totally unfamiliar with.”

“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. Let it be Aaron Sorkin or, you know, somebody good.”

“I've been told that I'm incompetent, socially retarded, maladjusted. I still know that I couldn't function in reality. Los Angeles is a good place for me.”

“People have always wanted to be recognized, and that's human nature. But people used to want to be recognized for their accomplishments, and now they simply want to be visible.”

“I grew up in the Midwest; you don't know any screenwriters. It didn't seem like a realistic career possibility.”

“For me, I am a huge fan of Sofia Coppola and Lynn Shelton. I love Lena Dunham, like everybody else. I love Kathryn Bigelow.”

“Honestly, this will never happen because she's so much classier than me, but I would love to work with Sofia Coppola.”

“As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one.”

“Couture gowns are like gremlins; you can't expose them to bright light or get them wet.”

“I am actually able to do other things. I'm not just this writer.”