Diablo Cody Quotes About Writing
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The stuff I write isn't strictly autobiographical, but it's personal, if that makes any sense. It draws all these little incidents and people out of my life and then contorts them.
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I've come to find more satisfaction and enjoyment in writing screenplays over the years because that's what I do primarily now.
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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 a screenplay that all gets filled in by the director, so it just sort of pulls you back by virtue of the form. You also have to use more economy as a screenwriter and so it's kind of limiting in a good way.
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For me, writing essays, prose and fiction is a great way to be self-indulgent.
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I always say when you write a book, you're a 'one-man band.' Whereas, when you finish a screenplay, it's just a sketch.
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That's also why comedy and horror are my two favorite genres of film to write, because you get these outbursts of emotion from people, laughter and shock, and it's really thrilling, and I like to be thrilled.
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I think I have always sort of cultivated a flowery writing style. I've always sort of over - written in every genre that I've attempted. I went to college and took a couple of writing classes and I remember my teachers were always incredibly encouraging. But it was inevitable to get the criticism: "Take it down a notch!" But the nice thing about screenwriting is that you don't really have to.
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The things that I write are autobiographical in a surreal sense, like when you have a dream and you go to the doctor's office, but then you turn around and it's actually your childhood home and the doctor has turned into Ryan Reynolds.
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If this whole writing thing doesn't work out, I'll be getting right back on the pole.
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As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one.
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The fact is, when I wrote 'Juno' - and I think this is part of its charm and appeal - I didn't know how to write a movie. And I also had no idea it was going to get made!
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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.
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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 and more difficult, especially now that they're very young.
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I write small and weird. Romcoms are not in my skill set.
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I've been meaning to write about the Rolling Stones, but I am the furthest thing from a hipster rock journalist.
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I don't know if I have some kind of defiance disorder or something, but if I'm hired to write something by "The Man," or by a studio, for whatever reason, it's really hard for me to finish. I inevitably wind up using that time to write something else.
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I usually try not to think about actors while writing, because the odds of those stars aligning and you getting those specific people are so rare.
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I can't write at night. For me, I'm programmed to believe that nighttime is for relaxation.
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I had written the script for Juno and apparently Steven Spielberg had read it. I can't just call him Steven, that's weird... Mr. Spielberg had read it and he liked it. He asked me if I would write this television show for him and I said, 'Yeah!'
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