Diablo Cody Quotes

I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.

We're kind of in a voyeuristic world. We have TV shows that are all about watching people do weird things in houses. People are obsessed with that. There's live coverage of it.

Personally, I don't get that whole reality show thing. It was much smaller, and it's grown. It's like an epidemic. I'm still rather confused by it.

The whole 'American Idol' way of looking at things is the antithesis of what I grew up with. There are a whole lot of kids wanting to be famous now, whereas if I'd even mentioned that word to one of my teachers, I would have got into a whole load of trouble.

I came to the Kardashians a bit late, and I'm still just gob-smacked. Who are these people?

I don't watch 'American Idol,' but I wouldn't call it 'undignified.'

I think one of the things I was shocked about was how interested the world is in 'American Idol' and how people, writers, they write about 'Idol' all the time, and I guess I didn't expect that.

We've always been fascinated with movie stars and singers, but the fascination with people who really have nothing to offer is something new.

The public's appetite for frothy, flippant blondes has waned, but Paris Hilton still fascinates me.

There was a time when idealistic folksingers such as myself believed that Reality TV was a programming vogue that would peak and recede, leaving only its hardiest show-offs. Instead, it has metastasized like toxic mold, filling every nook and opening new crannies.

I like the Kardashians. I watch 'em. When Kim got the botox in her face, and it made her face go weepy, that was funny. I also watch 'America's Next Top Model.' I've always been a big fan.

'X Factor' was the best experience of my life to be part of a show watched by so many people.

I watched a bunch of clips - YouTube clips, because I couldn't bring myself to watch entire shows - of, you know, 'Kardashians' and that kind of thing.

Entertainment shows make a living on behind-the-scenes stuff that can now be doled out socially. When we see it, we're like, 'Uh oh.'

I'm obsessed with reality TV anyway - I use my knowledge of that stuff to make jokes on Twitter and Facebook to get more people to sign up to be fans.

Celebrity will eat itself.

I grew up off 'The Simple Life' where they really made just being a personality a thing.

Love Island' is for people who aren't celebrities, who've done nothing in their life and are trying to be someone and get something to be famous.

There are so many odd things that happened that are centered around Britney Spears it's kind of amazing. There's just so many cultural moments centered around her existence and nothing else.

The first time I did Cake Boss or Ice-T or Andrew Lloyd Webber was on 'Best Week Ever.'

In a way Girls Aloud were the first wave of modern celebrity. When we started out there were no camera phones clicking away.

Everything is social media nowadays, everything is sports and entertainment.

What I love about 'American Idol' is that it's broad.

To be fair, the hardest part of my week is live-tweeting 'The Edge & Christian Show,' because I just can't keep up with the tremendous response and the controversy.

People really care about Kim Kardashian: they know her, they watch her, they follow her on social media, they know about her whole family. It's more than just being a fan.