Hallie Ephron Quotes
- The truth is rarely as dreadful or as terrifying as what one imagines.
- Write what you care about, what interests and intrigues you.
- Phoebe Wolkind Ephron cracked wise like Dorothy Parker and looked like Katharine Hepburn.
- 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…
- Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline.
- Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.
- For me, a good YA novel is the best kind of comfort food.
- 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…
- 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.