Hallie Ephron quotes

Phoebe Wolkind Ephron cracked wise like Dorothy Parker and looked like Katharine Hepburn. (Hallie Ephron)

The book that made a lasting impression was the one my mother gave each of us when she decided we were ready for our first 'adult novel,' Lucy Maud Montgomery's 'The Blue Castle.'

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I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.

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For me, a good YA novel is the best kind of comfort food.

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A man notices a womans figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.

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Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.

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Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline.

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My rule of writing is that no one can do what you can do, so jealousy or competitiveness are pointless. I am always happy when one of my sisters has a book published that I get to read.

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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.

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