Writer Quotes by Hallie Ephron

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

— Hallie Ephron

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

— Hallie Ephron

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

— Hallie Ephron

My rule of writing is that no one can do what you can do, so jealousy or competitiveness are pointless. I am always happy…

— Hallie Ephron

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

— Hallie Ephron

The truth is rarely as dreadful or as terrifying as what one imagines.

— Hallie Ephron

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

— Hallie Ephron

Even though I got a late start, first publishing an essay when I was 50 years old, I've since written eight suspense novels.

— Hallie Ephron

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…

— Hallie Ephron

I'm someone who sits at a computer eight hours a day, and I look in that pinhole camera at the top of my screen…

— Hallie Ephron

As we got older, we grew comfortable in roles that met our parents' expectations. Nora was the smart one. Delia, the comedian. I was…

— Hallie Ephron

When you put your characters in a dire situation, they often do things that surprise even you, so you have to go back and…

— Hallie Ephron

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…

— Hallie Ephron

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

— Hallie Ephron

When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a…

— Hallie Ephron