Famous quotes containing the words thurber and/or wrote:
“I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)
“As artists they’re rot, but as providers they’re oil wells; they gush. Norris said she never wrote a story unless it was fun to do. I understand Ferber whistles at her typewriter. And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.”
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)