Nora Ephron Quote

HARRY: (Voice-over)The first time we met we hated each other. SALLY:(Voice-over) You didn’t hate me, I hated you. (beat) And the second time we met, you didn’t even remember me.HARRY (Voice-over) I did too, I remembered you. (a long beat) The third time we met, we became friends. SALLY:(Voice-over) We were friends for a long time.HARRY:(Voice-over) And then we weren’t. SALLY: (Voice-over) And then we fell in love.SALLY Three months later we got married. HARRY It only took three months. SALLY Twelve years and three months.

Nora Ephron

HARRY: (Voice-over)The first time we met we hated each other. SALLY:(Voice-over) You didn’t hate me, I hated you. (beat) And the second time we met, you didn’t even remember me.HARRY (Voice-over) I did too, I remembered you. (a long beat) The third time we met, we became friends. SALLY:(Voice-over) We were friends for a long time.HARRY:(Voice-over) And then we weren’t. SALLY: (Voice-over) And then we fell in love.SALLY Three months later we got married. HARRY It only took three months. SALLY Twelve years and three months.

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About Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron ( EF-rən; May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American journalist, writer, and filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing romantic comedy films and received numerous accolades including a British Academy Film Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award and three Writers Guild of America Awards.
Ephron started her career writing the screenplays for Silkwood (1983), Heartburn (1986), and When Harry Met Sally... (1989), the last of which earned the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was ranked by the Writers Guild of America as the 40th greatest screenplay of all-time. She made her directorial film debut with comedy-drama This Is My Life (1992) followed by the romantic comedies Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Michael (1996), You've Got Mail (1998), Bewitched (2005), and the biographical film Julie & Julia (2009).
Ephron's first produced play, Imaginary Friends (2002), was honored as one of the ten best plays of the 2002–03 New York theatre season. She also co-authored the Drama Desk Award–winning theatrical production Love, Loss, and What I Wore. In 2013, Ephron received a posthumous Tony Award nomination for Best Play for Lucky Guy. She also wrote columns for Esquire, Cosmpolitan, and The New Yorker.