Nora Ephron Quotes

I'm much more introspective than I was, say, thirty years ago.

I suspect I was not the first 21-year-old who thought he knew more than he did. And one of the virtues of age, one of the virtues of getting married and becoming a father, is it often leads one to take a more measured approach to life.

I'm beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82.

At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.

With age and experience, I started to know myself better.

As I grow older, I like to think I'm getting a little bit more mature.

At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.

I wish I had been more self-aware earlier, but I think that just comes with age.

The phrase "spiritual journey" is one that I've only become familiar with comparatively recently. We wouldn't have put it like that when I was a kid.

One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.

I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music.

When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all.

I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that you really must make the self.

You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done.

It's a beautiful thing at 60 to know who you are.

I've done a lot of things and I've been a lot of people, but now I've come to realize who I am.

The older you get the more you understand what you're doing.

Forty is better than 30. I have a better understanding of who I am, what makes me tick, what's okay and not okay.

I didn't get on TV until I was 30, which is really fortunate because you are who you are at that point.

When I was 27, I didn't have a clue what was going on! At that age, to have that much power and to have that much ambition is something.

I'm 36 years old, and I'm growing up. Little by little.

When I turned 30, I realized how ignorant I really was. I always thought I had a very accomplished life.

The older you are, I think you realize what you enjoy and what you don't need, what wears you out and what's important.

I think for all of us, as we age, there are always a few moments when you are shocked.