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Hallie Ephron
Hallie Ephron
American Novelist
Born: 1948
Day First Me Mother Time Writing
Related authors: Elie Wiesel Ernest Hemingway H. P. Lovecraft James Baldwin John Updike Leo Rosten Nathaniel Hawthorne Richard Bach
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
Man Woman Women Words Dark Light Walks Says She Blue Eight Room Notices Figure Million
Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me. Hallie Ephron
Me Writing Important Sister Everyone Most Terms Important Person Encouraging Person The Most Important Lucky Start Thinks
I don't think anybody in my family meant there to be any pressure for me to write. But our parents were incredibly verbal and wrote for a living. The house was full of books, and we all grew up steeped in language. I mean, our mother recited poetry at the dinner table. Hallie Ephron
Family Me Mother Language Pressure Dinner Parents Living Think Incredibly Our Books Dinner Table Table Poetry Write House Wrote Verbal Were Up Any Anybody Grew Mean Meant Full
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
Jealousy You Happy Book Writing Rule Pointless No-One Read Always Am Sisters Get Published Competitiveness
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
Day Me Think Top Someone Could Computer Hours Look Camera Screen Eight Who Watching
Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline. Hallie Ephron
Me Courage Training Outline Outlining Gives Write Putting Like Always Go Off Wheels
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
Love Great Wonderful Thought Daughter Collaborate Collaborating Great Fun Would Would-Be Someday Given Writer Sisters Any Molly Fun Her
Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were. Hallie Ephron
Mother Our Books Out Favorites Like House Were Which Special Her Treats
When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous. Hallie Ephron
Blame Reality People Past Back Exact Details Something Point Point Of View Because Ambiguous May Often Depends In The Past Happens Frustrating Far View Villain Recall

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