Quote #126
There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
More from William Somerset Maugham
- The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
- Tolerance is another word for indifference.
- Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
- We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
- In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
- When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
- If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
- It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.