Nora Ephron Quotes

I don’t like getting old at all, but then again, who does?

This year, when I turn 65, I thought, 'So weird;' when I was a kid, people who were 65 either retired or died. I'm so nowhere near that.

The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.

There's one more terrifying fact about old people: I'm going to be one soon.

I know one day I'll be considered too old.

I used to think 63 was old.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

Everything about aging in my experience so far has been a plus. Except the death part!

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

We all wish to reach a ripe old age, but none of us are prepared to admit that we are already there.

It seems a perfectly normal thing to be 95.

You know you're old when you're asked, 'Do you have hobbies?'

Of course, no one wants to get older.

Yeah, if anyone tries to tell you 60 is the new 40... don't believe them.

No one looks forward to getting old do they?

Some feel old at 45.

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but I never believed I would live past 20. Here I am though... a senior citizen... my voice and heart are stronger than ever, but boredom is the greatest enemy so I have to be careful not to slip over the edge.

I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.

Even my stuntman is old.

The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don't fully appreciate.

To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

How are we supposed to get old? What am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to get old? My kids tell me, 'We want you to look like a grandmother.' I agree with them. I want to look like a grandmother.