Diablo Cody
Diablo Cody
Brook Busey-Maurio, better known by the pen name Diablo Cody, is an American screenwriter, producer, director, author, journalist, memoirist, stripper and exotic dancer. She first became known for her candid chronicling of her year as a stripper in her "The Pussy Ranch" blog and in her memoir Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper. Later, Cody achieved critical acclaim for her debut script Juno, winning awards such as the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth14 June 1978
CityLemont, IL
CountryUnited States of America
The best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are.
People don't have these tidy little redemption arcs in reality the way they do in movies.
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.
Judy Blume excels at describing how it feels to be invisible. So how poetic is it that Blume herself is suddenly everywhere?
My boyfriend is Italian and from New Jersey, so naturally he was thrilled to meet Joe Pesci.
I've always been a writer, I've always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenwriting.
Honestly, this will never happen because she's so much classier than me, but I would love to work with Sofia Coppola.
For me, writing essays, prose and fiction is a great way to be self-indulgent.
You definitely meet a lot of extremely powerful, successful, wealthy people in Hollywood who are extremely miserable.
I just want to be able to keep my house and pay for my son's school tuition in Los Angeles.
I think sometimes people really require the satisfaction of closure.
The Rolling Stones are so versatile, they're like the band version of that Infinite Dress they sell on QVC.
I've been watching 'American Idol' since its debut season in 2002. Back then, America hadn't yet evolved into a gladiatorial cybernation of bloggers, tweeters, and self-ordained voice coaches.
Now '90210' is returning with an all-new cast of slightly more plausible teens. I'll be honest: I wish the old cast was back. Ideally, this spin-off would be an Ice Storm-esque exploration of the West Beverly gang's bleak adult lives.