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
moon two four
The astronomers tell us that other planets are gifted with two - four - even nine lavish moons. Imagine the romantic possibilities of nine moons.
running heart two
There are two ways of doing battle against Disgrace. You may live it down; or you may run away from it and hide. The first method is heart-breaking, but sure. The second cannot be relied upon because of the uncomfortable way Disgrace has of turning up at your heels.
girl night two
There are ... just two kinds of girls. Those who go down town Saturday nights, and those who don't.
two people emeralds
There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count. One kind's wheat and the other kind's emeralds.
death defeat itself life love lover until writer
Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death.
realize terrible until
It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
food roast
Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy.
texas yesterday alive
Texas history is a varied, tempestuous, and vast as the state itself. Texas yesterday is unbelievable, but no more incredible than Texas today. Today's Texas is exhilarating, exasperating, violent, charming, horrible, delightful, alive.
giving world littles
Opinion! If every one had so little tact as to give their true opinion when it was asked this would be a miserable world.
intelligent ifs ought
No woman ought to pretend she's intelligent. And if she is she ought to have the intelligence to pretend she isn't.
land people magic
I sometimes wonder ... if the land is not destroying the people who inhabit it as the people who inhabit it are destroying the land. A magic continent, a Peculiar Treasure, stuffed with riches, millions in it are starving in the midst of plenty.
doors way hell
I never would just open a door and walk through, I had to bust it down for the hell of it. I just naturally liked doing things the hard way.
unique magic once-in-a-lifetime
To be alive is a fine thing. It is the finest thing in the world, though hazardous. It is a unique thing. It happens only once in a lifetime. To be alive, to know consciously that you are alive, and to relish that knowledge -- this is a kind of magic. Or it may be a kind of madness, exhilarating but harmless.
monday morning typewriters
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.