Nora Ephron Quotes & Sayings

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

“Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.”

“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.”

“If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters.”

“In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Summer bachelors, like summer breezes, are never as cool as they pretend to be.”

“What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you.”

“Denial has been a way of life for me for many years. I actually believe in denial.”