It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.
From W. Somerset Maugham
The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.
In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
Writing is the supreme solace.
The crown of literature is poetry.
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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