The legendary Nicholas Pileggi.

Nora Ephron once wrote, “The secret to life, marry an Italian.” She was referring to her husband, journalist and screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi. Ms. Ephron, who in her own right was a best-selling author and filmmaker, married Pileggi in 1987 and was with him until she sadly passed away in 2012.  Despite his profound loss, Nicholas Pileggi continues to work at the age of eighty-seven and remains one of the most influential writers in the 21st century. 

As we continue to live in the middle of a pandemic and confront so many unknowns for the next several months, I wondered how the legendary writer was spending his time. “Writing scripts. Writers are naturally quarantined, it is part of our life,” Pileggi replied.