Nora Ephron

“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”

“I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes....”

“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.”

“Writing is what I do. It's like breathing to me at a certain point, but if I couldn't write, I do like cooking.”

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

“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.”