I also get the feeling that many comedians or people who are super funny may use that as a balm to cope with their own disappointments.
I am so sad that Nora Ephron died. I haven't read her books but her movies always cracked me up - I haven't met a writer whose wit matched hers, except perhaps Garrison Keillor.
Beyond admiring her screenplay skills, I didn't know much about her - and then I read this story.
Hardly an easy life, but she didn't wallow. She didn't spontaneously combust...she got screwed in love but loved again, and successfully. She was diagnosed with leukemia, but still wrote one more book.
I collect quotes in notebooks, on scraps of paper, and in e-mails to myself, and try to read and re-read them and send them on when I need them.
This one from her is going on the top of my blog for awhile - it's advice she gave to a graduating class at her alma mater in 1996:
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
Words to live by for sure.
PS Don't forget to stop by Claire's blog for her "Things I like Thursday"!
15 comments:
A wonderful outlook on life you have there, my friend. And Nora - I adored her books. "I feel bad about my neck" is a favorite. I don't think anyone had a clue that she had a terminal illness and I'm sure that's the way she wanted it. She just got on with life.
That's a GREAT quotation! May we ALL be heroines!
Love that quote. A great, great woman.
I am putting that quote inside my coffee cabinet so it is the first thing I see every morning. Thanks my friend.
This one made me a little sad. Just put your armor on, right? I am learning to develop a sense of humor.
I just love this post! I agree with you 100 percent about humor and it's what gets me through everything (and doesn't make me a pain in the ass to be around). lol
I also think that's one of the best quotes I've read in a while and I just pasted it on FB. I had no idea Nora Ephron died, but my friends and I always enjoyed watching her movies together. She was brilliant!
Great great post and wise words to live by RK> I sure have missed laughing at my gal- but I'm back and I hope you are too!!!!
J
Yes laughter is indeed the best medicine and I always like to make people laugh and be happy :D
I have to admit I'd never heard of her, but I agree with her quotes. How sad, but how brave to live with such a positive attitude.
I always find I'm at my funniest when I'm at my most depressed. Go figure.
L: Pretty amazing, if you ask me.
D: I thought so, too.
C: I'm going to go back and read her books now...she obviously had a lot of wisdom in her humor.
NV: It's the only way to get by, I think.
J: Thanks!
S: Agreed :)
Joey: She wrote the screenplays for Julie and Julia, Sleepless in Seattle, and When Harry Met Sally. Does the humor help you when you're down?
She seems like such an inspirational person, sad to hear she passed.
It is sad to lose such an awesome person.
Just shows we should take it one day at a time.
Those are definitely great words, and words I try to use in my own writing. Besides, the helpless female is such a terrible cliche. And what hero wants to be "rewarded" with that?
Matt: I was, too.
GT: Very true.
ABFTS: Exactly!
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