Barbara Delinsky quotes:

Parents do bear some of the responsibility if they don't talk to their kids, are never around, even deny their kids the love that young girls often crave when they decide to have a baby.

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.

The question was whether James would love me if I was someone else.

Confrontation is what happens when you are less than honest and you get caught.

Choices are easy when you have nothing to lose.

I can't spend the rest of my life competing for your attention and coming in last.

What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.

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

Every woman feels. It just takes the right man to make things combust.

I had nothing to fear from my father.Except his disappointment.Which was no small thing.

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

Rain didn't make things messy. People did that all on their own.

If you want to disappear, Emily, you can do it most anywhere.

Wolves go after a wounded deer, it is the nature of the beast.

I'm not convinced that abstinence-only education works.

Clear water sped over rocky clusters whose colors ran from ivories to mossy greens, blues and grays. Though clouds covered the sun, the sway of dappling evergreens gave the water sparkle.

You kids were all in college, and I suddenly saw that I was stuck alone with a man who, all those years later, was still wanting me to be someone I wasn't.