My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next.

Quote by Nora Ephron

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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...

I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women...

I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine.

Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine.

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...

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 don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page...

I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page...

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Success is what you do with your ability. It's how you use your talent.

Success is what you do with your ability. It's how you use your talent.

I picked up the writing on the very day he died. It was the only...

I picked up the writing on the very day he died. It was the only...