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
mother daughter powerful
My parents were screenwriters, and they had four daughters and we all write. So that's amazing. Talk about powerful parents. My mother always said to us, "Everything is copy."
divorce way
The divorce has lasted way longer than the marriage, but finally it's over.
writing boys males
Most directors, I discovered, need to be convinced that the screenplay they're going to direct has something to do with them. And this is a tricky thing if you write screenplays where women have parts that are equal to or greater than the male part. And I thought, 'Why am I out there looking for directors?' - because you look at a list of directors, it's all boys. It certainly was when I started as a screenwriter. So I thought, 'I'm just gonna become a director and that'll make it easier.'
food people taste
Some people pretend to like capers, but the truth is that any dish that tastes good with capers in it tastes even better with capers not in it.
thinking numbers wrinkles
I'm not one of those people who think you should go grey and that there is some virtue in looking wrinkly if you don't feel like it. If you do, great. If you don't, just my only caution is watch out. There are a huge number of wrinkle creams that do nothing for you.
mother food home-cooking
My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you.
children health important
With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the child's problems will never be important enough for a television movie.
intelligent people offensive
I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.
mom mother tragedy
My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next.
hurt sorry laughing
Vera said: “Why do you feel you have to turn everything into a story?” So I told her why. Because if I tell the story, I control the version. Because if I tell the story, I can make you laugh, and I would rather have you laugh at me than feel sorry for me. Because if I tell the story, it doesn't hurt as much. Because if I tell the story, I can get on with it.
sweet holiday thinking
And so, Thanksgiving. Its the most amazing holiday. Just think about it — it's a miracle that once a year so many millions of Americans sit down to exactly the same meal as one another, exactly the same meal they grew up eating, and exactly the same meal they ate a year earlier. The turkey. The sweet potatoes. The stuffing. The pumpkin pie. Is there anything else we all can agree so vehemently about? I don't think so.
cute sex erotic
In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind.
dream reality choices
And then the dreams break into a million tiny pieces. The dream dies. Which leaves you with a choice: you can settle for reality, or you can go off, like a fool, and dream another dream.
sports husband thinking
When I was young, I had a list of things that I wanted in a husband. I knew what he should read and what sports he should like and blah, blah, blah. But the truth is, that the list was a shocking mirror image of me. You want to marry yourself when you are young. All the things you think are so urgently important, when you get older, you discover they don't have anything to do with love.