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 Read Quote
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. Hallie Ephron Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Hallie Ephron Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Hallie Ephron Read Quote
Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline. Hallie Ephron Read Quote
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 and think, ‘Someone could be watching me.’ Hallie Ephron Read Quote
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 Read Quote
