The Life of 70s Film Icon Diane Keaton

Across the 2000s and 2010s, she builds a significant career as a writer, publishing books such as Then Again (2011), Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty (2014), and Brother & Sister (2020). Her work often blends memoir with reflections on beauty, insecurity, and family.

She writes candidly about her life, including her relationship with her mother and her experiences with aging. In Then Again, she reflects, “I’m an actor. That’s what I do,” using writing as another way to examine identity beyond performance.