Every production of an artist should be the expression of an... - W. Somerset Maugham

"The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you."

"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."

"I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation."

"The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love."

"Impropriety is the soul of wit."