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.

Quote by Nora Ephron

Topics: Success Quotes, Writing Quotes

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

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

Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people...

Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people...

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have...

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have...

What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone...

What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone...

Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and...

Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and...

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

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

There are plenty of men who philander during the summer, to be sure, but they...

There are plenty of men who philander during the summer, to be sure, but they...

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

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

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have...

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have...

My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was...

My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was...

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

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

The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic...

The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic...

My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was...

My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was...

It seemed to me that the desire to get married - which, I regret to...

It seemed to me that the desire to get married - which, I regret to...

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

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

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

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

With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the...

With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the...

If you see people better than you, let them be your inspiration for self improvement,...

If you see people better than you, let them be your inspiration for self improvement,...

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often...

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often...

The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness.

The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness.