When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choo... - W. Somerset Maugham

"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."

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

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

"Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul."

"Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species."