“ It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here. Edna Ferber
“ Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history. Edna Ferber
“ America — rather, the United States — seems to me to be the Jew among the nations. It is resourceful, adaptable, maligned, envied, feared, imposed upon. It is warmhearted, overfriendly; quick-witted,… Edna Ferber
“ A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects. Edna Ferber
“ A life like this develops the comedy sense. You can't play tragedy while you're living it. Edna Ferber
“ Awake and asleep the novel is with you, dogging your footsteps. Strange formless bits of material float out from the ether about you and attach themselves to the main body of the story as though they… Edna Ferber
“ [She had] a gay adventuresome spirit that was never to die, though it led her into curious places and she often found, at the end, only a trackless waste from which she had to retrace her steps painfu… Edna Ferber
“ A writer's working hours are his waking hours. He is working as long as he is conscious and frequently when he isn't. Edna Ferber
