Movie Quotes by Nora Ephron

10 Movie quotes by Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron’s wit shines through in her reflections on movies, offering a blend of humor and heartfelt insight. Though only ten items, each feels like a witty note from a seasoned storyteller.

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I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page of your screenplay, in your head, you're…

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

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It's always a shock to the people who run studios when a movie that is for women is a hit. They have…

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That's your problem! You don't want to be in love. You want to be in love in a movie.

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One of the best things about directing movies, as opposed to merely writing them, is that there's no confusion about who's to…

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Look at the parts the Oscar-nominated actresses played this year: hooker, hooker, hooker, hooker, and nun.

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With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the child's problems will…

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It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, They lived happily ever after and the following…

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[on the screenplay for "When Harry Met Sally"] It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying,…

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Most directors, I discovered, need to be convinced that the screenplay they're going to direct has something to do with them. And…

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“[S]ometimes, when you are a food person, the possible irrelevance of what you are doing doesn’t cross your mind until it’s too late. (Once,…

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“That's the catch about betrayal, of course: that it feels good, that there's something immensely pleasurable about moving from a complicated relationship which involves…

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“The whole purpose of places like Starbucks is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup…

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

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'When you slip on a banana peel, people laugh at you. When you tell people you slipped on a banana peel, it's your laugh.'

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

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You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets.

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I never went near the Wellesley College chapel in my four years there, but I am still amazed at the amount of Christian charity…

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You can't call yourself a feminist if you don't believe in the right to abortion.

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

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“If I was home alone at night, I cooked myself an entire meal from one of these cookbooks. Then I sat down in front…

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“The next man I was involved with lived in Boston. He taught me to cook mushrooms. He taught me that if you heat the…

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“Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some…

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

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

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