Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.
Edna Ferber quote Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.
Edna Ferber quote Your idea of bliss is to wake up on a Monday morning knowing you haven't a single engagement for the entire week. You are cradled in a white paper cocoon tied up with typewriter ribbon.
Edna Ferber quote Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing; for life itself is a writer's love until death.
Edna Ferber quote 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 quote A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.
Edna Ferber quote Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling.
Edna Ferber quote Every third woman you passed on Gold Street in Baranof was young, pretty, and pregnant. The men, too, were young, virile, and pregnant with purpose
Edna Ferber quote Biography
American writer, 1887-1968
