Here's my unsolicited advice to any aspiring screenwriters who might be reading this: Don’t ever agonize about the hordes of other writers who are ostensibly your competition. No one else is capable of doing what you do.
Interpretation
Every writer has a unique voice and perspective that sets them apart from others.
In this quote, Diablo Cody emphasizes the importance of individuality in the creative process, particularly for aspiring screenwriters. Instead of worrying about rival writers, one should focus on their own unique talents and contributions, recognizing that no one can replicate their personal experiences and viewpoints, which are essential to their storytelling.
In practice
This quote can inspire students in a writing workshop to embrace their uniqueness.
You know, it shouldn't just be about women as heroic figures overcoming things, it just needs to be about women in general getting the opportunity to play a multitude of roles, telling a multitude of stories - just to express human experience from a woman's perspective. I hope, someday, we can get to that point. I'm all about representation.
In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person will still think the sun shines out your ass. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with.
I would always advise young people to follow their star - not my star. They have to live their own life. If they decide they want to go into the investment business, do it, but make it a better business than it is today.
I cannot speculate on what our cluttered mind will save- sleepy Sundays, or a nosebleed after love. I know only the dying heart needs the nourishment of memory to live beyond too many winters.
If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants.
From here on out, there's just reality. I think that's what maturity is: a stoic response to endless reality. But then, what do I know?
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