Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous.
W. Somerset MaughamThere is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one's means of livelihood.
W. Somerset MaughamWords have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
W. Somerset MaughamA dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.
W. Somerset MaughamWhen she liked anyone it was quite natural for her to go to bed with him. She never thought twice about it. It was not vice; it wasn't lasciviousness; it was her nature. She gave herself as naturally as the sun gives heat or the flowers their perfume. It was a pleasure to her and she liked to give pleasure to others.
W. Somerset Maugham