36 Quotes by Delia Ephron

I have one rule I live by: Only do what you can do. That neans you’re never looking outside for what’s popular; you’re always looking inside for what’s true.

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

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

For me, having it all – if one wants to define it at all – is the magical time when what you want and what you have match up.

Clothes have special power. I’ll always remember the raspberry colored v-necked silk sweater I was wearing on my husband and my first date. If I hadn’t been wearing that sweater that night, would any of it have happened?

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 tendencies.

This is an example of why travel is important. It changes perspective. It alters your eyes and ears, puts unexpected notions into your head, provides aha moments.

A man doesn’t recognize his own wife. Because she’s happy.

You are a long trail through the woods,” she said. “And in the woods people prefer a shortcut.” Our.