You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor... - W. Somerset Maugham

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

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

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

"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."

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