It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and the following quarter century warning that they'll be lucky to make it through the weekend. Possibly now we are entering a third era, in which the movies will be sounding a note of cautious optimism: You know, it just might work.


Interview in The Los Angeles Times (27 July 1989) regarding her screenplay for When Harry Met Sally

Nora Ephron Quotes

It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, They lived happily ever after and the following quarter century warning that...

It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, They lived happily ever after and the following quarter century warning that...

It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, They lived happily ever after and the following quarter century warning that...

It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, They lived happily ever after and the following quarter century warning that...