Famous quotes containing the words france, amateurs and/or group:
“It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“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, exhilirating, racking, relieving. But amusing? Never!”
—Edna Ferber (1887–1968)
“My routines come out of total unhappiness. My audiences are my group therapy.”
—Joan Rivers (b. 1935)