“ Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death. Edna Ferber
“ If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics. Edna Ferber
“ Living the past is a dull and lonely business looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way. Edna Ferber
“ That just goes to show, remarked Pearlie, that you must never judge a woman in a kimono or a bathing suit. Edna Ferber
“ Then there were long, lazy summer afternoons when there was nothing to do but read. And dream. And watch the town go by to supper. I think that is why our great men and women so often have sprung from… Edna Ferber
“ The leading lady had a large and saving sense of humor. But there is nothing that blunts the sense of humor more quickly than a few months of one-night stands. Even O. Henry could have seen nothing fu… Edna Ferber
“ I am not belittling the brave pioneer men but the sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped to settle this glorious land of ours. Edna Ferber
“ But always, to her, red and green cabbages were to be jade and burgundy, chrysoprase and prophyry. Life has no weapons against a woman like that. Edna Ferber
“ Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth. Writing may be inter… Edna Ferber
“ Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle. Edna Ferber
“ Living in the past is a dull and lonely business looking back strains the neck muscles causes you to bump into people not going your way. Edna Ferber
“ Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing - for life itself is a writer's love until death. Edna Ferber
“ I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must be somewhat poisoned by emotion. Dislike, displeasure, resentment, fault-finding, imagination, passionate remonstrance, a sense of… Edna Ferber
“ About mistakes it's funny. You've got to make your own; and not only that, if you try to keep people from making theirs, they get mad. Edna Ferber
“ It's fun telling you tall Texas tales. You always look like a little girl who's hearing Cinderella for the first time. Edna Ferber
“ Where are you going this hot day, Mis’ DeJong?”Selina sat up very straight. “To Bagdad, Mrs. Pool.”“To — Where’s that? What for?”“To sell my jewels, Mrs. Pool. And to see Aladdin, and Harun-al-Rashid… Edna Ferber
