I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.
W. Somerset MaughamHe had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.
W. Somerset MaughamIf you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write.
W. Somerset MaughamThe secret of play-writing can be given in two maxims: stick to the point, and, whenever you can, cut.
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