Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron
Nora Ephronwas an American journalist, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, producer, director, and blogger...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth19 May 1941
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
men mind literature
So many of the conscious and unconscious ways men and women treat each other have to do with romantic and sexual fantasies that are deeply ingrained, not just in society but in literature. The women's movement may manage to clean up the mess in society, but I don't know whether it can ever clean up the mess in our minds.
men trouble response
Lesbianism has always seemed to me an extremely inventive response to a shortage of men, but otherwise not worth the trouble.
men feelings tears
Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and in touch with feelings, but the only feelings they tend to be sensitive to and in touch with are their own.
book men always-alone
A man who finishes a book is always alone when he finishes it...
book men editors
From the essay "Twenty-five Things People Have a Shocking Capacity to Be Surprised by Over and Over Again" 1. Journalists sometimes make things up. 2. Journalists sometimes get things wrong. 3. Almost all books that are published as memoirs were initially written as novels, and then the agent/editor said, This might work better as a memoir. 6. Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one.
thinking romance cynical
No one is more romantic than a cynic. I do think that you don't become cynical or 'unsentimental' unless there's a core of romanticism or sentiment that's had a few chips nicked into it.
life interpretation born
You're born, you die. Everything in between is subject to interpretation.
believe life
Denial has been a way of life for me for many years. I actually believe in denial.
book chapters cut last pregnancy
If pregnancy were a book they would cut out the last two chapters
country cities america
The big cities of America are becoming Third World countries.