Top 72 Quotes by Nora Ephron

About Nora Ephron

These are some quotes by American author Nora Ephron Author, who lived between May 19, 1941 and June 26, 2012.

The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women - is followed almost immediately by an equally basic and primal urge - which is to be single again.

The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women - is followed almost immediately by an equally basic and primal urge - which is to be single again.

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What will happen to sex after liberation? Frankly, I don't know. It is a great mystery to all of us.

What will happen to sex after liberation? Frankly, I don't know. It is a great mystery to all of us.

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The realization that I may have only a few good years remaining has hit me with real force, and I have done a lot of thinking as a result. I would like to have come up with something profound, but I haven't.

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The truth is that most marriages have food as a major player in them, and certainly mine does.

The truth is that most marriages have food as a major player in them, and certainly mine does.

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Washington is a city of important men and the women they married before they grew up.

Washington is a city of important men and the women they married before they grew up.

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If only I had grown up worshipping Julia Child. I was already grown up - thank you very much - when Julia Child's book was published. When I moved to New York in 1962, you had to own it.

If only I had grown up worshipping Julia Child. I was already grown up - thank you very much - when Julia Child's book was published. When I moved to New York in 1962, you had to own it.

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I go through periods where I work a great deal at all hours of the day whenever I am around a typewriter, and then I go through spells where I don't do anything. I just sort of have lunch - all day. I never have been able to stick to a schedule. I work when there is something due or when I am really excited about a piece.

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I'm a good cook, and I look at something like 'Iron Chef' and think, 'It's a good thing I already know how to cook' - because I would never think I could do it if I watched these shows.

I'm a good cook, and I look at something like 'Iron Chef' and think, 'It's a good thing I already know how to cook' - because I would never think I could do it if I watched these shows.

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I was alive during the women's lib movement, and I do not remember anyone taking a position against cooking. I think they were talking about other things.

I was alive during the women's lib movement, and I do not remember anyone taking a position against cooking. I think they were talking about other things.

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I use those medical gloves that fit very tightly and are disposable for all chopping - peppers, onions, garlic, etc. Very Lady Macbeth, I think.

I use those medical gloves that fit very tightly and are disposable for all chopping - peppers, onions, garlic, etc. Very Lady Macbeth, I think.

Nora Ephron

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