Delinsky Book Quotes

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

Barbara Delinsky

#2. I've hidden behind my hair more than clothes. Sometimes having long hair with a fringe is very useful when you don't want to look at people. I used to have very short hair, but long hair is my thing - a black nocturnal shield.

Bat For Lashes

#3. 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.

Barbara Delinsky

#4. I loved working on 'Happy Gilmore' because I love to travel to new places and we got to go to British Columbia. Any Adam Sandler film is fun to work on because it is a reunion of the boys club of guys that have worked together in the past.

Kevin Nealon

#5. My writing style has changed dramatically over the years, growing increasingly clean and exact. I like to think that I'm still improving
that each book I write is a new personal best.

Barbara Delinsky

#6. When two Eglishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.

Samuel Johnson

#7. So I do what any self-respecting competitor would. I shove him into the grass and take off.

Kristen Callihan

#8. I'm still working on being kind.

Veronica Roth