Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs. — W. Somerset Maugham
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening — W. Somerset Maugham
A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident. — W. Somerset Maugham
I never met an author who admitted that people did not buy his book because it was dull. — W. Somerset Maugham
Just as the painter thinks with his brush and paints the novelist thinks with his story. — W. Somerset Maugham