Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber
Edna Ferberwas an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big, Show Boat, Cimarron, and Giant...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 August 1887
CityKalamazoo, MI
CountryUnited States of America
dirty literature nasty
If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.
writing reflection tools
It's difficult to write a really good short story because it must be a complete and finished reflection of life with only a few words to use as tools. There isn't time for bad writing in a short story.
memorable writing serenity
Writing, to be memorable, must be done in a state of impassioned serenity.
beautiful real character
Any piece of furniture, I don't care how beautiful it is, has got to be lived with, and kicked about, and rubbed down, and mistreated by servants, and repolished, and knocked around and dusted and sat on or slept in or eaten off of before it develops its real character ... A good deal like human beings.
memorable sight should
Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.
wall writing views
The ideal view for daily writing, hour for hour, is the blank brick wall of a cold-storage warehouse. Failing this, a stretch of sky will do, cloudless if possible.
color cities people
There are people who have a penchant for cities-more than that, a talent for them, a gift of sensing them, of feeling their rhythm and pulsebeats, as others have a highly developed music sense, or color reaction. It is a thing that cannot be acquired.
travel sound different
It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here.
long waking hours
A writer's working hours are his waking hours. He is working as long as he is conscious and frequently when he isn't.
baby real play
All the difference in the world between the movies and the thrill I get out of a play at the theater. Ay, yes! Like fooling around with paper dolls when you could be playing with a real live baby.
nerves use way
Emma McChesney was engaged in that nerve-wracking process known as getting things out of the way. When Emma McChesney aimed to get things out of the way she did not use a shovel; she used a road-drag.
life women struggle
Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.
struggle memorable looks
A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.
inspirational women mean
Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.