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
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
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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