More Quotes by Nora Ephron
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.
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.
Everyone always asks, was he mad at you for writing the book? and I have to say, Yes, yes, he was. He still is. It is one of the most fascinating things to me about the whole episode: he cheated on me, and then got to behave as if he was the one who had been wronged because I wrote about it! I mean, it's not as if I wasn't a writer. It's not as if I hadn't often written about myself. I'd even written about him. What did he think was going to happen? That I would take a vow of silence for the first time in my life? "
When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.
And then the dreams break into a million tiny pieces. The dream dies. Which leaves you with a choice: you can settle for reality, or you can go off, like a fool, and dream another dream.
Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.
Insane people are always sure they're just fine. It's only the sane people who are willing to admit they're crazy.
Some people pretend to like capers, but the truth is that any dish that tastes good with capers in it tastes even better with capers not in it.
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?
And don't be frightened: you can always change your mind. I know: I've had four careers and three husbands.
