The book that made a lasting impression was the one my mother gave each of us when she decided we were ready for our first "adult novel," Lucy Maud M…

- 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.

- 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

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

- 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 or light blue.

- Hallie Ephron

Write what you care about, what interests and intrigues you.

- Hallie Ephron

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

- Hallie Ephron

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

- Hallie Ephron