The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it ha... - W. Somerset Maugham

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

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

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

"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?"

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