Hallie Ephron quotes
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“The truth is rarely as dreadful or as terrifying as what one imagines.”
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“Write what you care about, what interests and intrigues you.”
-- Hallie EphronSource : Hallie Ephron (2005). “Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel”, p.17, Writer's Digest Books
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“Phoebe Wolkind Ephron cracked wise like Dorothy Parker and looked like Katharine Hepburn.”
-- Hallie EphronSource : "Coming of Age with the Ephron Sisters—and Their Mother" by Hallie Ephron, www.oprah.com. March 2013.
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“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.”
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“For me, a good YA novel is the best kind of comfort food.”
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“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 Montgomerys The Blue Castle.”
-- Hallie EphronSource : "Coming of Age with the Ephron Sisters—and Their Mother" by Hallie Ephron, www.oprah.com. March 2013.
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“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.”
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“Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.”
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“If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!”
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“The universe is real, but you can't see it. You have to imagine it.”
Source : Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.), Alexander Calder (1974). “Alexander Calder: a retrospective exhibition. Work from 1925 to 1974”
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“Truth is always unfolding. It's not an absolute.”
Source : "What I've Learned: Alan Arkin" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. February 25, 2007.
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“Most liberal democracies don't try to figure out what the truth is.”
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