I Remember Nothing and other reflections: Memories and wisdom from the iconic writer and director

by Nora Ephron

On some level, my life has been wasted on me. After all, if I can’t remember it, who can?

Alcoholic parents are so confusing. They’re your parents, so you love them; but they’re drunks, so you hate them.

You can never know the truth of anyone’s marriage, including your own.

You don’t make an omelette by taking out the yolks. You make one by putting additional yolks in. A really great omelette has two whole eggs and one extra yolk, and by the way, the same thing goes for scrambled eggs.