Diablo Cody Quotes

Stripping toughened my hide, but exposing myself as a writer has been a lot more brutal.

(On screenplay-writing for actresses) The attitude toward women in this industry is nauseating. There are all sorts of porcine executives who are uncomfortable with a woman doing anything subversive. They want the movie about the beautiful girl who trips and falls, the adorable klutz.

I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford to be coy and self-deprecating.

If this whole writing thing doesn`t work out, I`ll be getting right back on the pole.

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.