Author: Hallie Ephron

Quotes

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.

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.

- Hallie Ephron

I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For me, that was a scary time.

I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For me, that was a scary time.

- Hallie Ephron

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

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

- 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 fiction.

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.

- 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 or light blue.

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.

- Hallie Ephron

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

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

- Hallie Ephron

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