She was a journalist, a blogger, an essayist, a novelist, a playwright, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and a movie director \u201d\u201d a rarity in a film industry whose directorial ranks were and continue to be dominated by men. Her later box-office success included \u201cYou\u2019ve Got Mail\u201d\u009d and \u201cJulie & Julia.\u201d\u009d By the end of her life, though remaining remarkably youthful looking, she had even become something of a philosopher about age and its indignities.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy do people write books that say it\u2019s better to be older than to be younger?\u201d\u009d she wrote in \u201cI Feel Bad About My Neck,\u201d\u009d her 2006 best-selling collection of essays. \u201cIt\u2019s not better. Even if you have all your marbles, you\u2019re constantly reaching for the name of the person you met the day before yesterday.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n