I'm one of the people that were divorced by 30, which is apparently a growing group... Obviously it's something that affects you forever. It's going to be interesting to see in ten, twenty years what kind of lasting effect young divorce has on the people that are doing it because it's becoming more and more common.
Diablo CodyI grew up in the Midwest; you don't know any screenwriters. It didn't seem like a realistic career possibility.
Diablo CodySomebody 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.
Diablo CodyPeople don't have these tidy little redemption arcs in reality the way they do in movies.
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