“Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing - for life itself is a writer's love until death.”
Quotes by 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.”
“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 interesting, absorbing, exhilarating, racking, relieving. But amusing? Never!”
Edna FerberEdna Ferber was an influential American novelist, short story writer, and playwright known for her keen observations of American life and culture. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, she began her career as ...