“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.”

American writer and producer

Diablo Cody is the pen name of Brook Maurio, an American writer and producer. She came to wider attention through her candid blog and her memoir, Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper, published in 2005. Cody became especially well known for her screenwriting debut, Juno, released in 2007. The film brought her critical acclaim and earned her both the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.