Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Barbara Delinsky

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Barbara Delinsky.

Last updated on April 15, 2025.

Barbara Delinsky is an American writer of romance novels, including 19 New York Times bestsellers. She has also been published under the pen names Bonnie Drake and Billie Douglass.

American - Writer | Born: August 9, 1945

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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.

Barbara Delinsky

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

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.

Barbara Delinsky

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.

Barbara Delinsky

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

Barbara Delinsky

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

Barbara Delinsky

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

Barbara Delinsky

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

Barbara Delinsky

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.

Barbara Delinsky

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

Barbara Delinsky