People in big empty places are likely to behave very much as the gods did on Olympus. Edna Ferber More Quotes by Edna Ferber More Quotes From Edna Ferber But always, to her, red and green cabbages were to be jade and burgundy, chrysoprase and prophyry. Life has no weapons against a woman like that. Edna Ferber greengardenweapons Most of the men regarded Europe as a wine list. In their mental geography Rheims, Rhine, Moselle, Bordeaux, Champagne, or Würzburg were not localities but libations. Edna Ferber wineeuropemen We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmthwe build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by. Edna Ferber souldreamhome Writing, to be memorable, must be done in a state of impassioned serenity. Edna Ferber serenitymemorablewriting No one in the United States has the right to own millions of acres of American land, I don't care how they came by it. Edna Ferber acresunited-statesland 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. Edna Ferber magiclandpeople Any piece of furniture, I don't care how beautiful it is, has got to be lived with, and kicked about, and rubbed down, and mistreated by servants, and repolished, and knocked around and dusted and sat on or slept in or eaten off of before it develops its real character ... A good deal like human beings. Edna Ferber realbeautifulcharacter Bizarre as was the name she bore, Kim Ravenal always said she was thankful it had been no worse. Edna Ferber kimnamesbook It's difficult to write a really good short story because it must be a complete and finished reflection of life with only a few words to use as tools. There isn't time for bad writing in a short story. Edna Ferber toolsreflectionwriting All the difference in the world between the movies and the thrill I get out of a play at the theater. Ay, yes! Like fooling around with paper dolls when you could be playing with a real live baby. Edna Ferber realplaybaby I think in order to write really well and convincingly, one must be somewhat poisoned by emotion, dislike, displeasure, resentment, fault-finding, imagination, passionate remonstrance, a sense of injustice-they all make fine fuel. Edna Ferber writingorderthinking 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. Edna Ferber becomingcuttingliterature But almost any place is Baghdad if you don't know what will happen in it. Edna Ferber baghdadhappensadventure Christmas is not a season. It is a feeling. Edna Ferber seasonsfeelings It was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy. Edna Ferber ritualchampagnecaviar I like any place that isn't here. Edna Ferber dissatisfaction I don't know what it is that makes a writer go to his desk in his shut-off room day after day after year after year unless it is the sure knowledge that not to have done the daily stint of writing that day is infinitely more agonizing than to write. Edna Ferber donewritingyears celebratin' New Year's Eve is like eatin' oranges. You got to let go your dignity t' really enjoy 'em. Edna Ferber new-yearletting-goyears Science had married the wilderness and was taming the savage shrew. Edna Ferber shrewssavagestaming The astronomers tell us that other planets are gifted with two - four - even nine lavish moons. Imagine the romantic possibilities of nine moons. Edna Ferber fourmoontwo
