More quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

"You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance."
"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
"We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to."
"I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation."
"Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul."