Fannie Hurst - biography

“It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.”

“Sex is a discovery.”

“Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.”

“A woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far.”

“Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.”

“Few enjoy noisy overcrowded functions.  But they are a gesture of goodwill on the part of host or hostess, and also on the part of guests who submit to them.”

“I’m not happy when I’m writing, but I’m more unhappy when I’m not.”

Fannie Hurst contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
The Petal on the Current (1919)
Humoresque (1920)
Back Pay (1922)
The Good Provider (1922)
Mannequin (1926)
The Untamed Lady (1926)
The Younger Generation (1929)
Five and Ten (1931)
Back Street (1932)
Symphony of Six Million (1932)
Imitation of Life (1934)
Four Daughters (1938)
Four Wives (1939)
Back Street (1941)
Four Mothers (1941)
Humoresque (1946)
Young at Heart (1954)
Imitation of Life (1959)