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. Nora Ephron More Quotes by Nora Ephron More Quotes From Nora Ephron Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. Nora Ephron encouraginginspiringlife Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope that you will choose to make some of that trouble on behalf of women. Nora Ephron motivationalgraduationinspirational When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you. Nora Ephron teenagerdogchildren And don't be frightened: you can always change your mind. I know: I've had four careers and three husbands. Nora Ephron husbandcareersmind You do get to a certain point in life where you have to realistically, I think, understand that the days are getting shorter, and you can't put things off thinking you'll get to them someday. If you really want to do them, you better do them. There are simply too many people getting sick, and sooner or later you will. So I'm very much a believer in knowing what it is that you love doing so you can do a great deal of it. Nora Ephron knowingpeoplethinking Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me smarter. Reading gives me something to talk about later on. Reading is the unbelievably healthy way my attention deficit disorder medicates itself. Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real. Reading is grist. Reading is bliss. Nora Ephron realreadingbook When you're attracted to someone, it just means that your subconscious is attracted to their subconscious, subconsciously. So what we think of as fate is just two neuroses knowing that they are a perfect match. - Sleepless in Seattle Nora Ephron fatemeanthinking 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 loverelationshiplife I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are. Nora Ephron writingtryinginteresting No man can be friends with a woman he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her. Sex is always out there. Friendship is ultimately doomed and that is the end of the story. Nora Ephron storiesmensex I look out the window and I see the lights and the skyline and the people on the street rushing around looking for action, love, and the world's greatest chocolate chip cookie, and my heart does a little dance. Nora Ephron lightnew-yorkheart I think if you're lucky enough to find a voice in whatever you do, that voice will come sneaking out no matter what. Nora Ephron voiceluckythinking The realization that I may have only a few good yeras 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 Nora Ephron realprofoundthinking I don't think any day is worth living without thinking about what you're going to eat next at all times. Nora Ephron all-timenextthinking I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive. Nora Ephron offensiveintelligentpeople Maybe young women don't wonder whether they can have it all any longer, but in case any of you are wondering, of course you can have it all. It will be a little messy, but embrace the mess. It will be complicated, but rejoice in the complications. It will not be anything like what you think it will be like, but surprises are good for you. And don't be frightened: you can always change your mind. I know: I've had four careers and three husbands. Nora Ephron womenhusbandthinking Most directors, I discovered, need to be convinced that the screenplay they're going to direct has something to do with them. And this is a tricky thing if you write screenplays where women have parts that are equal to or greater than the male part. And I thought, 'Why am I out there looking for directors?'—because you look at a list of directors, it's all boys. It certainly was when I started as a screenwriter. So I thought, 'I'm just gonna become a director and that'll make it easier.' Nora Ephron writingboysdirectors New Orleans is one of the two most ingrown, self-obsessed little cities in the United States. (The other is San Francisco.) Nora Ephron san-francisconew-orleansself When you have a baby, you set off an explosion in your marriage, and when the dust settles, your marriage is different from what it was. Not better, necessarily; not worse, necessarily; but different. Nora Ephron differentdustbaby Parenting meant that whether or not your children understood you, your obligation was to understand them. Nora Ephron understoodobligationchildren
