More quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

"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."
"We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to."
"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?"
"Impropriety is the soul of wit."
"I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp."