Nora Ephron

It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, They lived happily ever after and the following quarter-century warning that they'll be lucky to make it through the weekend. Possibly now we are now entering a third era in which the movies will be sounding a note of cautious optimism: You know it just might work.

— Nora Ephron

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.

— Nora Ephron

As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they aren't even people I would date.

— Nora Ephron

What will happen to sex after liberation? Frankly, I don't know. It is a great mystery to all of us.

— Nora Ephron

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

The last four years of psychoanalysis are a waste of money.

— Nora Ephron

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