Who is Diablo Cody

Brook Maurio (née Busey; born June 14, 1978), known professionally by the pen name Diablo Cody, is an American writer and producer. She gained recognition for her candid blog and subsequent memoir, Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper (2005). Cody received critical acclaim for her screenwriting debut film, Juno (2007), winning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay, and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Cody created, wrote, and produced the Showtime comedy drama series United States of Tara (2009–2011). She wrote, produced, and made her directorial debut with the comedy drama film Paradise (2013). Cody also wrote and prod...
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Diablo Cody Poems

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Diablo Cody Quotes

• I wrote a screenplay for a 'Sweet Valley High' adaptation, and it's really amazing to me how many women who are my age have responded to the idea and are excited about the movie.
• 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 don't think I ever got the hang of the writers' room. I love collaborating with people, but I really do my best work alone, and I think I would want to - if I did something again, I think I'd want to take total ownership the way Aaron Sorkin or David Kelley does.
• I wrote a screenplay for a 'Sweet Valley High' adaptation, and it's really amazing to me how many women who are my age have responded to the idea and are excited about the movie.
• The best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are.

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Comments about Diablo Cody

• Kailashciaran: i’m absolutely obsessed with diablo cody’s blog.
• Hopefulnerd93: after 'the marvels'... i would be down for a solo 'ms. marvel' movie directed by diablo cody. just saying.
• Danapierangeli: ‘juno’ 15 years later: diablo cody meditates on movie post-roe – the hollywood reporter
• Cody_searle: getting a little bit of a buzz on and playing diablo iv with angie is a great way to spend a saturday night.
• Greg_curtin: on page 186 of 212 of candy girl, by diablo cody

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