BiographyType: Playwright, novelist, short story writer Born: 25 January 1874 Died: 16 December 1965 William Somerset Maugham was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest-paid author during the 1930s. |
The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.
One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her.
I know that you're selfish, selfish beyond words, and I know that you haven't the nerve of a rabbit, I know you're a liar and a humbug, I know that you're utterly contemptible. And the tragic part is'-her face was on a sudden distraught with pain-'the tragic part is that notwithstanding I love you with all my heart.
Women are constantly trying to commit suicide for love, but generally they take care not to succeed.
What d'you suppose I care if I'm a gentleman or not? If I were a gentleman I shouldn't waste my time with a vulgar slut like you.
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write.
I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp.
You cannot write unless you write much.
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