It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.
W. Somerset MaughamThe passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it.
W. Somerset MaughamThrow yourself into the hurly-burly of life. It doesn't matter how many mistakes you make, what unhappiness you have to undergo. It is all your material ... Don't wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
W. Somerset MaughamMen have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.
W. Somerset Maugham