92 Quotes by Barbara Delinsky

Men weren’t always a solution. There were times when they made things worse.

It feels like forever, like he’s lived through the same things as me, like our lives ran parallel for years until last week, when they finally intersected and fused.

Did you hear about the lawyer hurt in a crash? An ambulance stopped suddenly.

Mothering is precarious. You try to do the right thing – you think you have – then wham.

In plotting a book, my goal is to raise the stakes for the characters and, in so doing, keep the reader mesmerized.

Too often, I've seen instances where we have an idea of what we want to be, where we want to go, and with whom - before life steps in the way, throws something at us that is beyond our control, and changes everything.

I believe in growth - in myself and in the characters I create.

As I plotted 'Blueprints,' I realized that ageism against women is most obvious in the field of entertainment - and that I needed a TV show in my book.

Each of my books is different from the last, each with its own characters, its own setting, its own themes. As a writer, I need the variety. I sense my readers do, too.