Only a mediocre person is always at his best. - W. Somerset Maugham

"The highest activities of consciousness have their origins in physical occurrences of the brain just as the loveliest melodies are not too sublime to be expressed by notes."

"I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp."

"The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill."

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

"Impropriety is the soul of wit."