I admired and have been a fan of Nora Ephron, writer, essayist,
screenwriter and director for many years.
I read and laughed throughout her most recent book “I Remember
Nothing”. Ms. Ephron died on June 26,
2012, 71 years old, and I will miss her. May we all
celebrate her life as we re-watch her films and re-read her books.
The following are great quotes from her works:
What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and
prospered, someone else would do it for you.
As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they
aren't even people I would date.
Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and
in touch with feelings, but the only feelings they tend to be sensitive to and
in touch with are their own.
I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have
in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.
I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page of
your screenplay, in your head, you're also writing your Oscar acceptance
speech.
I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting
as women actually are.
In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind.
Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane
people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.
My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one
day have the potential to be comic stories the next.
Nora
Ephron’s films:
Julia & Julia (screenplay) 2009
Bewitched (written by) 2005
Hanging Up (screenplay) 2000
You’ve Got Mail (screenplay) 1998
Michael (screenplay) 1996
Mixed Nuts (screenplay) 1994
Sleepless in
Seattle (screenplay) 1993
This is My Life
(screenplay) 1992
My
Blue Heaven (written by) 1990
When Harry
Met Sally (written by) 1989
Cookie
(written by) 1989
Heartburn
(novel/screenplay) 1986
Silkwood
(written by) 1983
Perfect
Gentlemen (TV movie) 1978
Adam’s Rib
(TV series) 1973
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