Famous Edna Ferber Quotes

  • A life like this develops the comedy sense. You can’t play tragedy while you’re living it. – Edna Ferber

    A life like this develops the comedy sense. You can’t play tragedy while you’re living it.– Edna Ferber

  • About mistakes it’s funny. You’ve got to make your own; and not only that, if you try to keep people from making theirs, they get mad. – Edna Ferber

    About mistakes it’s funny. You’ve got to make your own; and not only that, if you try to keep people from making theirs, they get mad.– Edna Ferber

  • It’s fun telling you tall Texas tales. You always look like a little girl who’s hearing Cinderella for the first time. – Edna Ferber

    It’s fun telling you tall Texas tales. You always look like a little girl who’s hearing Cinderella for the first time.– Edna Ferber

  • That just goes to show, remarked Pearlie, that you must never judge a woman in a kimono or a bathing suit. – Edna Ferber

    That just goes to show, remarked Pearlie, that you must never judge a woman in a kimono or a bathing suit.– Edna Ferber

  • A writer’s working hours are his waking hours. He is working as long as he is conscious and frequently when he isn’t. – Edna Ferber

    A writer’s working hours are his waking hours. He is working as long as he is conscious and frequently when he isn’t.– Edna Ferber

  • It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn’t here. – Edna Ferber

    It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn’t here.– Edna Ferber

  • Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history. – Edna Ferber

    Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history.– Edna Ferber