Maugham Quotes

10 quotes by 8 authors

• Writer Somerset Maugham, after his parents deaths, spent a few stultifying years in his uncle's vicarage. Later, in his teens at a boarding-school, having lost… — Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
• I read books more than I go out. As a matter of fact, I get a little concerned about some of my anti-social habits. I… — Julie Bowen
• It is said Somerset Maugham traveled the world with a notebook to learn the essence of life and Kafka sat in a room for the… — U. R. Ananthamurthy
• The modern writer who has influenced me most is W. Somerset Maugham . — George Orwell
• The writers I care about most and never grow tired of are: Shakespeare, Swift, Fielding, Dickens, Charles Reade, Flaubert and, among modern writers, James Joyce,… — George Orwell
• Somerset Maugham said that it took at least six human beings to make one fictional character. That is true of landscape as well, I think.… — Mary Lee Settle
• I am, incidentally, the only writer to have received the Somerset Maugham award twice - the first time for my first novel, the second time… — Martin Amis
• Maugham then offers the greatest advice anyone could give to a young author: "At the end of an interrogation sentence, place a question mark. You'd… — Woody Allen
• We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to… — W. Somerset Maugham
• When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character. --W. Somerset Maugham — W. Somerset Maugham

Who Wrote These Maugham Quotes

8 authors contributed a total of 10 Maugham Quotes as follows:

• 2 Maugham Quotes by George Orwell
• 2 Maugham Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
• 1 Maugham Quote by Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
• 1 Maugham Quote by Julie Bowen
• 1 Maugham Quote by U. R. Ananthamurthy
• 1 Maugham Quote by Mary Lee Settle
• 1 Maugham Quote by Martin Amis
• 1 Maugham Quote by Woody Allen