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 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.

Nora Ephron

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.

Nora Ephron

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.

Nora Ephron

'Sleepless' was a script that had been written by three or four other writers before me, and it never really worked, but it had this amazing ending on the top of the Empire State Building that just worked, no matter what came before it.

Nora Ephron

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.

Nora Ephron

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.

Nora Ephron

When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

Nora Ephron

I think when you get older, things come along that you know are a test in some way of your ability to stay with it. And when e-mail came along, I was just going to fall in love with it. And I did. I can't believe it now - it's like one of those ex-husbands that you think, 'What was I thinking?'

Nora Ephron

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

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

Nora Ephron

My second divorce was the worst kind of divorce. There were two children; one had just been born. My husband was in love with someone else.

My second divorce was the worst kind of divorce. There were two children; one had just been born. My husband was in love with someone else.

Nora Ephron

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