Edna Ferber Professions : Novelist Born : August 15, 1885 Died : April 16, 1968 Browse All Authors Top 102 quotes by Edna Ferber Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death. Edna Ferber writing love life death It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late. Edna Ferber live die you late Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors