Quotes by Ferber, Edna

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight. >>

Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is >>

Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing; for life itse >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living. >>

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness. >>

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but >>

Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth. Writing may be interesting, absorbing, exhilarating, racking, relieving. But amusing? Never!

Ferber, Edna