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It was such a beautiful day I ...

It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

The author always loads his di...

The author always loads his dice, but he must never let the reader see that he has done so, and by the manipulation of his plot, he can engage the reader's attention so that he does not perceive the violence that has been done to him.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

A good story is obviously a di...

A good story is obviously a difficult thing to invent, but its difficulty is a poor reason for despising it.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Only mediocre people are at th...

Only mediocre people are at the best all the time.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

The rain fell alike upon the j...

The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

and he loved her suddenly beca...

and he loved her suddenly because she loved him.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

I am afraid of people with too...

I am afraid of people with too much charm. They devour you. In the end you are made a sacrifice to the exercise of their fascinating gift and their insincerity.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Evil is a necessary part of th...

Evil is a necessary part of the order of the universe.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

No married man's ever made up ...

No married man's ever made up his mind until he's heard what his wife has got to say about it.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Dullness is the first requisit...

Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Simplicity and naturalness are...

Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Imagination grows by exercise....

Imagination grows by exercise.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

The humour of Dostoievsky is t...

The humour of Dostoievsky is the humour of a barloafer who ties a kettle to a dog's tail.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

But I am not sure it would con...

But I am not sure it would contain any short stories. For the short story is a minor art, and it must content itself with moving, exciting and amusing the reader. ...I do not think that there is any (short story) that will give the reader that thrill, that rapture, that fruitful energy which great art can produce.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

A novelist must preserve a chi...

A novelist must preserve a childlike belief in the importance of things which common sense considers of no great consequence.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

There is no need for the write...

There is no need for the writer to eat a whole sheep to be able to tell you what mutton tastes like. It is enough if he eats a cutlet. But he should do that.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

I can only guess that it made ...

I can only guess that it made the world he went back to...strangely without meaning. Though he lived in it, though he even enjoyed it, it remained utterly remote. I think it had lost sense for him. In his heart was the reflection of a lovely dream that he could never quite recall.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

The mathematician who after se...

The mathematician who after seeing Phedre asked: 'Qu'est que ca prouve?' was not such a fool as he has been generally made out. No one has ever been able to explain why the Doric temple of Paestum is more beautiful than a glass of cold beer except by bringing in considerations that have nothing to do with beauty.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

He is not famous. It may be th...

He is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on the surface of the water. But it may be that the way of life that he has chosen for himself and the peculiar strength and sweetness of his character may have an ever-growing influence over his fellow men so that, long after his death perhaps, it may be realized that there lived in this age a very remarkable creature.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

There are directors who desire...

There are directors who desire to be artistic. It is pathetic to compare the seriousness of their aim with the absurdity of their attainment.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

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