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.

People don't have these tidy little redemption arcs in reality the way they do in movies.

Put your blog out into the world and hope that your talent will speak for itself.

You definitely meet a lot of extremely powerful, successful, wealthy people in Hollywood who are extremely miserable.

I write small and weird. Romcoms are not in my skill set.

Nobody comes to Minnesota to take their clothes off, at least as far as I know.

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!