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Nora Ephron was an American journalist, screenwriter, and filmmaker renowned for her romantic comedies. Her sharp wit and insightful storytelling brought films like "When Harry Met Sally" and "Sleepless in Seattle" to iconic status. She inspired future generations of writers and directors with her humor and honesty. Here are 66 of her quotes:

MARIE I'm saying that the right man for you might be out there right now and if you don't grab him, someone else will, and you'll have to spend the rest of your life knowing that someone else is married to your husband. (Nora Ephron)
What are you going to do? Everything, is my guess. It will be a little messy, but embrace the mess. It will be complicated, but rejoice in the complications. View quote
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When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are. View quote
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When you slip on a banana peel, people laugh at you; but when you tell people you slipped on a banana peel, it's your laugh. So you become the hero rather than the victim of the joke. View quote
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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. View quote
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My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you. View quote
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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. View quote
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Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine. (Nora Ephron)
I have always thought it was a terrible shame that the women's movement didn't realise how much easier it was to reach people by making them laugh than by shaking a fist and saying, 'Don't you see how oppressed you are?' View quote
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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 profound, but I haven't. View quote
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Sometimes I believe that some people are better at love than others, and sometimes I believe that everyone is faking it. View quote
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I always say that a successful parent is one who raises a child so that they can pay for their own psychoanalysis. View quote
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One of the best things about directing movies, as opposed to merely writing them, is that there's no confusion about who's to blame: You are. View quote
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Nora Ephron

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Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0
Occupation: American Author
Born: May 19, 1941
Died: June 26, 2012
Quotes count: 66
Wikipedia: Nora Ephron

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