Ferber

Famous quotes containing the word ferber:

“As artists they’re rot, but as providers they’re oil wells; they gush. Norris said she never wrote a story unless it was fun to do. I understand Ferber whistles at her typewriter. And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.”
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)

“Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.”
—Edna Ferber (1887–1968)

“A woman can look both moral and exciting—if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.”
—Edna Ferber (1887–1968)