Quotes by Maugham, W. Somerset

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other. >>

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and t >>

When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch's statement that the elder C >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter >>

In most cases a favorite writer is more with us in his book than he ev >>

We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to unders >>

There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.

Maugham, W. Somerset