Edna Ferber

"Living the past is a dull and lonely business looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way."

"Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle."

"Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death."

"If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics."

"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling."