In the past, I'll admit, I've enjoyed being compared to the protagonists in my screenplays.

I'm a pessimist by nature. I don't think things are ever going to work out, I'm not particularly ambitious.

I don't think coolness used to be such a commodity among adults. And now it is.

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!

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!

I've been an avid consumer of young adult literature since I was one, and I think some people leave that stuff behind when they become old adults, but I never did. I was always interested in the fantasy world created in those novels.

Juno MacGuff: You can never have too many of your favorite one calorie breath mints.