'Keep your mind wide open'

 

“Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death.” – Edna Ferber

Born on Aug. 15. 1885 Ferber was a novelist, short story writer and playwright whose novels were wildly popular and won her a remarkable four Pulitzer Prizes – for So Big, Show Boat, Cimarron and Giant, the latter three also made into award-winning movies.   Show Boat was adapted for the stage as a hit Broadway musical and Cimarron won the Academy Award for Best Picture. 

Ferber's novels featured strong female protagonists and a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced some sort of discrimination and demonstrating her belief that people are people and that the not-so-pretty people often have the best character.          

                           

 Ferber died in 1968 after writing a wide range of stories and achieving worldwide celebrity.  

 

 “I like to look at all sides of people and be open to any idea,” she said.  “A closed mind is a dying mind.”