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.

For me, writing essays, prose and fiction is a great way to be self-indulgent.

I've been so lucky - I worked with Jason Reitman twice, who has always been a really strong advocate for my voice, and has always really respected the scripts that I've brought him and is just the coolest.

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.

Bren MacGuff: Well, honey, doctors are sadists who like to play God and watch lesser people scream.

I've been meaning to write about the Rolling Stones, but I am the furthest thing from a hipster rock journalist.

The stuff I write isn't strictly autobiographical, but it's personal, if that makes any sense. It draws all these little incidents and people out of my life and then contorts them.