In your standard-issue family, of which few remain, but on which our expectations are still based, there are parents and there are children. The way …

- Delia Ephron

There is something fantastic about getting divorced. Everyone should do it to experience the extraordinary sense of freedom after being in marriage j…

- Delia Ephron

in the family I grew up in, being called boring was like being called an ax murderer.

- Delia Ephron

In Los Angeles, by the time you're 35, you're older than most of the buildings.

- Delia Ephron

writing is how I understand everything that happens. Writing is the only way I know to move on.

- Delia Ephron

I'm planning to give up worrying. I want to, but I'm worried I won't be able to.

- Delia Ephron

As for superpower: I wish I could eat a million pastries and not gain weight. I wish I were Pastry Woman.

- Delia Ephron

if you are a stepparent, rush right out and get yourself a dog. Because it's very nice to have someone in the house that loves you.

- Delia Ephron

Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tende…

- Delia Ephron