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

"You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance."

"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."

"When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character."

"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?"

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