What did Edna Ferber mean by: The writer is a writer because he cannot help it. It is a compulsion. Edna Ferber Novelist · USA Copy
+ The goat’s business is none of the sheep’s concern. Author, August 18, 2023January 2, 2025, Edna Ferber, Boundaries, Privacy, Responsibility, 0 Edna Ferber Novelist · USA
+ Nicknames are fond names. We do not give them to people we dislike. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edna Ferber, Affection, Friendship, Identity, 0 Edna Ferber Novelist · USA
+ Big doesn’t necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren’t better than violets. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edna Ferber, Comparison, Size, Value, 0 Edna Ferber Novelist · USA
+ A placated bully is a hand-fed bully. Author, August 20, 2023January 2, 2025, Edna Ferber, Consequences, Manipulation, Power, 0 Edna Ferber Novelist · USA
+ Christmas is not a season. It is a feeling. Author, October 20, 2023January 2, 2025, Edna Ferber, Christmas, Feeling, Season, 0 Edna Ferber Novelist · USA
+ If men ever discovered how tough women actually are, they would be scared to death. Author, December 14, 2023December 29, 2024, Edna Ferber, Fear, Gender, Strength, 0 Edna Ferber Novelist · USA
+ People in big empty places are likely to behave very much as the gods did on Olympus. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edna Ferber, Behavior, Isolation, Power, 0 Edna Ferber Novelist · USA
+ There’s no sauce for play like work. Author, July 22, 2023January 2, 2025, Edna Ferber, Balance, Motivation, Productivity, 0 Edna Ferber Novelist · USA
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
