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Nora Ephron

     "Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy."
  
Nora Ephron

Born: May 19, 1941  Birthplace: New York City

 

     "I know that people are afraid of me... Sometimes it's helpful. The opposite of it is something I'm not interested in, which is that people think they can walk all over you; and when you're a screenwriter, people think that anyway."
   Nora Ephron

Books by Nora Ephron:

Heartburn
When Harry Met Sally
Crazy Salad
Crazy Salad: Some Things About Women
Crazy Salad Plus Nine
Nora Ephron Collected
Scribble Scribble: Notes on the Media
Wallflower at the Orgy

Nora Ephron Films:

Silkwood:  Writer
Crimes And Misdemeanors: Actor
When Harry Met Sally: Writer
Husbands And Wives: Actor
Sleepless In Seattle: Writer, Director

     "I craved to be a journalist... My parents did have some influence on my choice of a career because being a journalist isn't actually choosing to be a carpenter. My parents were writers. I wanted to be a writer."
      
Nora Ephron

 

     Ephron earned Academy Award nominations for Best Screenplay for Silkwood and When Harry Met Sally.

 

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