I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp.
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W. Somerset Maugham was a British playwright, novelist, and short story writer. He is known for his works such as "Of Human Bondage," "The Razor's Edge," and "The Moon and Sixpence," which often explored themes of human nature and morality. Maugham's writing style and storytelling abilities have solidified his place as one of the most popular and influential authors of the 20th century.
1874–1965·lived 91 years
I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp.
The dead look so terribly dead when they're dead.
What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.
If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.
Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.The Summing Up, 1938
Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.The Summing Up, p. 100, 1938
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.The Summing Up, p. 85, 1938
The rarest of human qualities is consistency.Of Human Bondage, p. 123, 1915
That’s all 8 quotes by W. Somerset Maugham.