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
hate people complaining
don't you hate people who say they're not complaining and then complain?
food soul cobblers
Cherry cobbler is shortcake with a soul.
wheels fixed ends
You lose in the end unless you know how the wheel is fixed or can fix it yourself.
greatness texas confusing
here in Texas maybe we've got into the habit of confusing bigness with greatness.
sheep goats concern
The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.
philosophy food beef
Roast Beef, Medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. ... Roast Beef, Medium, is safe, and sane, and sure.
way jew privileged
But I have felt that to be a Jew was, in some ways at least, to be especially privileged.
mother men
Men often marry their mothers.
beautiful men tree
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.
too-much literature littles
Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.
helping compulsion
The writer is a writer because he cannot help it. It is a compulsion.
self-confidence people arrogance
People in big empty places are likely to behave very much as the gods did on Olympus.
frustration clouds irritation
One can summon courage and fortitude to face tragedy; irritations and frustrations are a cloud of mosquitoes that nip and sting and drive one frantic.
dirty literature nasty
If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.