Fronts Quote by Stephen King

The modern writer who has influenced me most is W. Somerset Maugham .

— George Orwell

“Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams. W. Somerset Maugham”

— W. Somerset Maugham

“To write simply is as difficult as to be good.” Somerset Maugham.”

— Gloria Steinem

I am, incidentally, the only writer to have received the Somerset Maugham award twice - the first time for my first novel, the second…

— Martin Amis

“I sometimes marvel that a third-rate writer like me has been able to palm himself off as a second-rate writer.”

— John Collier

“The place was also slightly haunted,”

— Thomas Ligotti

“The only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you. —W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM”

— Wendy Wax

“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. —W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM”

— Wendy Wax

“In order to be a writer, "Maugham continues: "one must take chances and not be afraid to look foolish. I wrote The Razor's Edge…

— Woody Allen

“I found out after reading quite a lot of it that it is not rated very high. He has a very descriptive way of…

— Wilkie Collins

“It's always seemed a little preposterous that Hamlet, for all his paralyzing doubt about everything, never once doubts the reality of the ghost. Never…

— David Foster Wallace