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Diablo Cody on the pressure to outdo herself:
So what kind of pressure did you feel, post-Juno, to write something good?
None.I don’t believe you.
Seriously. How could I possibly? The experience that I had with Juno
is something I could never replicate, ever. First of all, you never
have your first baby again. Second, the whole production was really
charmed from start to finish. I mean, every moment of it was special.
And then it culminated in Oscar nominations…I’m so fortunate that I got to have that experience. Now I almost feel
this great calm coming over me. I’d be feeling a lot more pressure if I
was still striving for that goal.
Sometimes, the work is the work and the goal isn't to top what you did yesterday. Doing justice to the work is your task, not setting a world record.