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

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

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

"We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to."

"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."

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