Nora Ephron

Summer bachelors, like summer breezes, are never as cool as they pretend to be.

— Nora Ephron

“As Harry puts it, men and women can never be friends because 'the sex part always gets in the way.”

— Nora Ephron

“Above all, be the heroine of your own life, not the victim.”

— Nora Ephron

A man who finishes a book is always alone when he finishes it...

— Nora Ephron

I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are.

— Nora Ephron

Parenting meant that whether or not your children understood you, your obligation was to understand them.

— Nora Ephron

Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine.

— Nora Ephron

Most of us live our lives devoid of cinematic moments.

— Nora Ephron

“Reading is one of the main things I do. Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel I accomplished something, became a better…

— Nora Ephron

Everybody dies. There's nothing you can do about it. Whether you eat six almonds a day. Whether or not you believe in…

— Nora Ephron

“I can make a case that I regret nothing. After all, most of my mistakes turned out to be things I survived,…

— Nora Ephron

Death is a sniper. It strikes people you love, people you like, people you know - it's everywhere. You could be next.…

— Nora Ephron

Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they…

— Nora Ephron

Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet…

— Nora Ephron

No man can be friends with a woman he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her. Sex is always…

— Nora Ephron

Verbal ability is a highly overrated thing in a guy, and it's our pathetic need for it that gets us into so…

— Nora Ephron

And so, Thanksgiving. Its the most amazing holiday. Just think about it — it's a miracle that once a year so many…

— Nora Ephron

“I wish he were better at hailing taxis than I am; on the other hand, I realize that expectation is culturally conditioned,…

— Nora Ephron

There's a reason why forty, fifty, and sixty don't look the way they used to, and it's not because of feminism, or…

— Nora Ephron

“What will NY152 say today, I wonder. I turn on my computer. I wait impatiently as it connects. I go online, and…

— Nora Ephron

“I love trash. I have never believed that kitsch kills. I tell you this, so you will understand that my antipathy toward…

— Nora Ephron

“I hear myself saying these words: What this movement is about is options. I say it to friends who are frustrated, or…

— Nora Ephron

“As a longtime journalist, this quote from the delicious Nora Ephron made me smile in recognition of its truth: "Working as a…

— Nora Ephron

[I] had gotten to the point where I simply could not make a bad vinaigrette, this was not exactly the stuff of…

— Nora Ephron

Food is one of my favourite things. Though I certainly know lots of people who happen to be happily married who don't…

— Nora Ephron

Another thing you end up doing when you get older, is you spend so much time sort of trying desperately to keep…

— Nora Ephron

If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters.

— Nora Ephron

“I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it…

— Nora Ephron

I was just taking her hand to help her out of a cab. And it was like... magic.

— Nora Ephron

Denial has been a way of life for me for many years. I actually believe in denial.

— Nora Ephron

If your husband is cheating on you with a carhop, get Meryl Streep to play you. You'll feel much better.

— Nora Ephron

I don't think any day is worth living without thinking about what you're going to eat next at all times.

— Nora Ephron

Success comes and goes. Your flops stay with you for life.

— Nora Ephron

If you're looking for monogamy, you'd better marry a swan.

— Nora Ephron

I have for many years been puzzled by the persistence of Hugh Hefner. Why is he still here?

— Nora Ephron

In the way that women forget the pain of childbirth, men forget that they cry in movies.

— Nora Ephron

In fact, looking back, it seems to me that I was clueless until I was about 50-years-old.

— Nora Ephron

The big cities of America are becoming Third World countries.

— Nora Ephron

Eat every meal as if it's your last; when the last one comes, you probably won't be very hungry.

— Nora Ephron

The last four years of psychoanalysis are a waste of money.

— Nora Ephron