Juno MacGuff: I don't know what kind of girl I am.

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

People are more interested in being visible than they are in loving other people.

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."

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

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.

There's something about a roller coaster that triggers strong feelings, maybe because most of us associate them with childhood. They're inherently cinematic; the very shape of a coaster, all hills and valleys and sickening helices, evokes a human emotional response.