We do not write because we want to; we write because we have... - W. Somerset Maugham

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

"The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you."

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

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

"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."