Seeing Nora Everywhere

The Girls creator remembers her friendship with Nora Ephron:

“Her advice was unparalleled. At one of our lunches this past January, I was sheepishly describing a male companion’s lack of support for my professional endeavors. She nodded in a very ‘don’t be stupid’ way, as if I already knew what I had to do: ‘You can’t possibly meet someone right now. When I met Nick, I was already totally notorious’—note: Nora was the only person who could make that word sound neither braggy nor sinister—’and he understood exactly what he was getting into. You can’t meet someone until you’ve become what you’re becoming.’ Panicked, I asked, ‘How long will that take?’

“Nora considered a moment. ‘Give it six months.'”

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jun 28, 2012
Length: 7 minutes (1,914 words)
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