Top 18 Quotes by Hallie Ephron

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

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.

I'm sharpest early, and though I can rewrite any time, day or night, I'm useless after noon when it comes to writing first draft.

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

When you put your characters in a dire situation, they often do things that surprise even you, so you have to go back and revise your original conception of who they are.

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.

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

I haven't given any thought to collaborating with my sisters. It would be great fun. My daughter Molly is a wonderful writer - someday I'd love to collaborate with her.

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

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