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Delia Ephron is an American bestselling author, screenwriter, and playwright.

✵ 12. July 1944
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Famous Delia Ephron Quotes

“Wanting to be liked can get in the way of truth.”

Delia Ephron

Source: Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc.

“With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the child's problems will never be important enough for a television movie.”

Delia Ephron

Funny Sauce (1986), Delia Ephron

“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.”

Delia Ephron

The Quotable Mom, ed. Kate Rowinski, page 76

“Doyouwantogoona--Who is this? Oh, I have the wrong number.”

Delia Ephron

Teenage Romance (Viking, 1981)
Quoted in Girls: 10 Gutsy, God-Centered Sessions on Issues That Matter to Girls By Helen Musick, Dan Jessup, Crystal Kirgiss

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