“The book that made a lasting impression was the one my mother gave eac...” — Hallie Ephron Quote

“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 Montgomery's 'The Blue Castle.'”

“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.”

“Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline.”

“Millennials - who will soon be a full one-third of American adults - may be especially ready to become engaged in politics with a candidate who wants to give them a government that will leave them alone and get its finances in order so that they don't inherit an economic collapse.”

“Sometimes I think that the one thing I love most about being an adult is the right to buy candy whenever and wherever I want.”

“I never really had that father figure to look up to. I think that's the reason I'm so ambitious. I felt like I wasn't appreciated as a child so I wanted to prove my worth as an adult, as an actor.”