I always say that a successful parent is one who raises a child so that they can pay for their own psychoanalysis. Nora Ephron More Quotes by Nora Ephron More Quotes From Nora Ephron The image of the journalist as wallflower at the orgy has been replaced by the journalist as the life of the party. Nora Ephron journalist has-beens party Working as a journalist is exactly like being a wallflower at an orgy. Nora Ephron journalist journalism The function of a blog is on some level to start a conversation that you're not involved in any more because you've already had your say. That thing of coming right off the news - did you see what I saw this morning, can you believe it? - has a kind of fun appeal. Nora Ephron morning fun believe Every so often I would look at my women friends who were happily married and didn't cook, and I would always find myself wondering how they did it. Would anyone love me if I couldn't cook? I always thought cooking was part of the package: Step right up, it's Rachel Samstat, she's bright, she's funny and she can cook! Nora Ephron marriage cooking looks The big cities of America are becoming Third World countries. Nora Ephron cities country america We have a game we play when we’re waiting for tables in restaurants, where you have to write the five things that describe yourself on a piece of paper. When I was [in my twenties], I would have put: ambitious, Wellesley graduate, daughter, Democrat, single. Ten years later not one of those five things turned up on my list. I was: journalist, feminist, New Yorker, divorced, funny. Today not one of those five things turns up in my list: writer, director, mother, sister, happy. Nora Ephron being-yourself daughter mother The empty nest is underrated. Nora Ephron empty-nest nests parent There are plenty of men who philander during the summer, to be sure, but they are usually the same lot who philander during the winter - albeit with less convenience. Nora Ephron summer winter men Sometimes I believe that some people are better at love than others, and sometimes I believe that everyone is faking it. Nora Ephron sometimes believe people The odd thing about this form of communication is you're more likely to talk about nothing than something. But I just want to say that all this nothing has meant more to me than so many... somethings. So, thanks. Nora Ephron odd-things communication want It's always hard to remember love - years pass and you say to yourself, was I really in love or was I just kidding myself? Was I really in love or was I just pretending he was the man of my dreams? Was I really in love or was I just desperate? Nora Ephron dream men years The Senior Moment has become the Google moment, and it has a much nicer, hipper, younger, more contemporary sound, doesn't it? By handling the obligations of the search mechanism, you almost prove you can keep up. Nora Ephron google senior sound I am still amazed at the amount of Christian charity [Wellesley] stuck us all with, a kind of glazed politeness in the face of boredom and stupidity. Tolerance, in the worst sense of the word. How marvelous it would have been to go to a women's college that encouraged impoliteness, that rewarded aggression, that encouraged argument. Nora Ephron boredom college christian I want to talk to her. I want to have lunch with her. I want her to give me a book she just read and loved. She is my phantom limb, and I just can’t believe I’m here without her.”- on losing her best friend Nora Ephron lunch believe book Believe me, if I looked good, it's not an accident. Nora Ephron accidents beauty believe What failure ofimagination had caused me to forget that life was full of other possiblities, including the possibility that eventually I would fall in love again? Nora Ephron holiday falling-in-love forget That's another thing about being a certain age that I've noticed: I try as much as possible not to look in the mirror. Nora Ephron mirrors age trying Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead. Nora Ephron education graduation inspire You can't retrieve you life (unless you're on Wikipedia, in which case you can retrieve an inaccurate version of it). Nora Ephron wikipedia versions cases You can never have too much butter - that is my belief. If I have a religion, that's it. Nora Ephron too-much belief ifs
