Still enjoying Heartburn, still feeling sorry that Nora Ephron has died. Here are just a few of my favourite Nora Ephron quotes. The first four are from Sleepless in Seattle. The last is from Heartburn.
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Becky: “Verbal ability is a highly over-rated thing in a guy and our pathetic need for it is what gets us into so much trouble.”
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Sam: “Even on the news women talk about cute butts. It's really caught on. So how's my butt? “
Sam’s friend: “Not bad.”
Sam: “Is it cute though?”
Sam’s friend (looking at Sam’s trousered butt: “Are we grading on a curve?”
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Annie: “Thank God my life is in place.”
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Sam: “He’s 8.”
Victoria: “He’s good at it.”
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“Vera said: “Why do you feel you have to turn everything into a story?”
So I told her why.
Because if I tell the story, I control the version.
Because if I tell the story, I can make you laugh, and I would rather have you laugh at me than feel sorry for me.
Because if I tell the story, it doesn’t hurt as much.
Because if I tell the story, I can get on with it.”
I've just pulled Heartburn off the shelf to read for the first time. I love Nora Ephron's movies & I can't believe that I've never read her novel. I'm looking forward to it.
ReplyDeleteHi Lyn,
ReplyDeleteI finished it last night. It is short and easy to read and very very funny, but I was rationing myself to a bit a day because I like it so much. It is an odd novel and with minimal structure, so is not a great literary work, but she writes very well and is very witty. You can see from it why she was a good columnist - and why that quote from the New York Times is so apt - “all her articles were characterized by humour and honesty, written in a clear, direct, understated style marked by an impeccable sense of when to deploy the punchline.” She writes how I would like to write.