What did W. Somerset Maugham mean by: The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes… - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom Copy
+ Its a toss-up when you decide to leave the beaten track. Many are called, few are chosen. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Chosen, Toss, Track, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Greatness, Writing, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ Thank God, I can look at a sunset now without having to think how to describe it Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Sunset, Thank God, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ Have common sense and stick to the point. Feraz Zeid, September 10, 2023December 24, 2023, W. Somerset Maugham, Common, Common Sense, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Grace, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Writing, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Association, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Lying, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
O woman! thou wert fashioned to beguile: So have all sages said, all poets sung. - Jean Ingelow Poet · England
I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become. - Jean Toomer Writer
The poet will not be satisfied with recording, the poet will have to transform. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
Nobody’s perfect. We’re all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels. - Jeannette Walls Journalist · USA
The journey starts with a single step—not with thinking about taking a step. - Jeff Olson Author · USA