More quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

"We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to."
"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."
"You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance."
"Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species."
"Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul."