When you're trying to come up with an idea for a movie it's actually the hardest part - the germ of the idea. Inevitably you think of something that would be great and then discover that it was on an episode of The Simpsons.

I can't write at night. For me, I'm programmed to believe that nighttime is for relaxation.

Somebody asked me earlier if I thought it was really important to tell stories about women's struggles. And I said yes, but at the same time, it's also important to tell stories about women's triumphs, women being slackers, women being criminals, women being heroes.

I absolutely relate to being alone in squalor, trying to come up with something adequate. I relate to that, and I've been known to crawl out of bed and drink out of a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke.

I grew up in the Midwest; you don't know any screenwriters. It didn't seem like a realistic career possibility.

The public's appetite for frothy, flippant blondes has waned, but Paris Hilton still fascinates me.

Juno MacGuff: I was out handling things way beyond my maturity level.