“Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.”
Other Edna Ferber Quotes
A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.
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If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.
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Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death.
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