Edna Ferber

“Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing - for life itself is a writer's love until death.”

“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 ma...”

“Any garment which is cut to fit you is much more becoming, even if it is not so splendid as a garment which has been cut to fit somebody not of your stature.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.”

“Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy.”

“Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.”