It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anyth... - W. Somerset Maugham

"What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?"

"Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species."

"We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to."

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

"Impropriety is the soul of wit."