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These days, the Rolling Stones still have an edge, but that fangs-out ferocity has mellowed considerably.
The Rolling Stones are so versatile, they're like the band version of that Infinite Dress they sell on QVC.
I'm a pessimist by nature. I don't think things are ever going to work out, I'm not particularly ambitious.
I really just love to open a blank document and spew, whereas with a screenplay I have to be more judicious.
As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one.
Ah, reality TV: where opportunists delight in exposing opportunism! It's kind of like the indie music scene.
I think when you take people who are damaged and you give them money and freedom, it can be a toxic cocktail.
A lot of people are concerned with staying physically young...I'm more interested in maintaining my curiosity.
I grew up in the Midwest; you don't know any screenwriters. It didn't seem like a realistic career possibility.
I've been meaning to write about the Rolling Stones, but I am the furthest thing from a hipster rock journalist.
I've never even seen a great set fight or a great set meltdown. I seem to always be on these incredibly relaxed sets.
Honestly, this will never happen because she's so much classier than me, but I would love to work with Sofia Coppola.
You definitely meet a lot of extremely powerful, successful, wealthy people in Hollywood who are extremely miserable.
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.
Shoulda gone to China. They give away babies like free iPods. They put them in guns and shoot them out at sporting events.
For me, I am a huge fan of Sofia Coppola and Lynn Shelton. I love Lena Dunham, like everybody else. I love Kathryn Bigelow.
Judy Blume excels at describing how it feels to be invisible. So how poetic is it that Blume herself is suddenly everywhere?
I've come to find more satisfaction and enjoyment in writing screenplays over the years because that's what I do primarily now.
The primary job for women in Hollywood is still super-attractive actress. That is the most high-profile women's job in Hollywood.
Well, to aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work visible, easily.
I have a lot of screenwriter friends and many of them have had an experience where they aren't even welcome on set during production.
Tabloid photos capture people at their most self-conscious and disoriented; in real life, Paris Hilton is like an elegant paper crane.
I do a nice sloppy first draft like everybody else. And then just work at it and work at it and groom it. I get input from other people.
Let it be said that the makeup artist at '90210' made me look better for the fake red carpet than I've ever looked on an actual red carpet.
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.
Whether it's a blatant homage or unconscious mimicry, the Rolling Stones have permanently, indelibly influenced how rock stars look and behave.
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.
He wasn’t a carrier of commitment-phobia or other notable boy diseases and he used expensive moisturizer. That’s about all it takes to bang my gong.
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.
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.
It doesn't matter if they're in front of the camera or behind the camera. I know women who are producers who are surviving on nothing but juice and almonds.
You make a first impression and people never forget it. If people want to think of me as the wacky 'Juno' lady forever, I could think of worse ways to be labeled.
I just go about my life. I'm a mom, I drive an SUV, I go to the grocery store every day. I'm definitely not a celebrity. I always say that I'm a celebrity-adjacent.
The one thing I have found about Hollywood is it's a town full of people who believe in themselves, often to a degree where they're what you would call "delusional."
People say 'teenage girls aren't so clever. Your characters should be less articulate to reflect our youth.' People who say that aren't spending time with teenagers.
Even though I am in this weird position of being a semi-recognizable screenwriter, which isn't that common, at the same time, I'm not an actress. I'm pretty isolated.
I appreciate the positivity of those 'year of the woman' articles - it's good to get that energy out there - but at the same time, in Hollywood it's not happening yet.
This is for the writers. I want to thank all the writers. I especially want to thank my fellow nominees because I worship you guys and I'm learning from you every day.
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!
I think I might be one of the only people in America, or at least the only person I know, who saw both 'The Dark Knight' and 'Mamma Mia!' on their shared opening weekend.
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'm glad that as a 33-year-old working mother, I can still choose to wear a Hello Kitty T-shirt or stay up late scrolling through the Twitter feed of my junior-high crush.
When I do encounter young women or aspiring filmmakers who tell me that I've inspired them or that my work means something to them, that's amazing. That's really exciting!
Juno MacGuff: [yelling through the house] Dad? Mac MacGuff: What? Juno MacGuff: Either I just peed my pants or um... Mac MacGuff: *Or*...? Juno MacGuff: THUNDERCATS ARE GO!
There's probably no experience more alienating than fame, other than a terminal illness, where you actually find yourself in a situation that nobody around you can relate to.
Hollywood is a perpetual summerland, a temperate, godless yaw where the very word 'season' has been co-opted by television executives. There are few harbingers of winter here.
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 want Maggie Gyllenhaal. I don't know why. I don't think she necessarily looks like me or acts like me, I just think she's a cool actress and she could play me, so there you go.
I wrote a screenplay for a 'Sweet Valley High' adaptation, and it's really amazing to me how many women who are my age have responded to the idea and are excited about the movie.
But here is the single greatest thing about the 'Vanity Fair' party: There are uniformed In-N-Out Burger employees circulating the room with trays of cheeseburgers all night long.