Make him laugh and he will think you a trivial fellow, but bore him in the right way and your reputation is assured.
W. Somerset MaughamIt is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
W. Somerset MaughamI never met an author who admitted that people did not buy his book because it was dull.
W. Somerset Maugham