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“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knowswhat they are.”
William Somerset Maugham quotes (English short-story Writer, Novelist and Playwright, 1874-1965)

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“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 love a changed person.”
William Somerset Maugham quotes (English short-story Writer, Novelist and Playwright, 1874-1965)
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“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
Buddha quotes (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)
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“If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?”
William Somerset Maugham quotes (English short-story Writer, Novelist and Playwright, 1874-1965)
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“Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.”
Virginia Woolf quotes (English Modernist Writer. She is best known for her feminist essay "A Room of One's Own" and the novel "Mrs. Dalloway". Committed suicide at age 59. 1882-1941)
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“The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.”
William Somerset Maugham quotes (English short-story Writer, Novelist and Playwright, 1874-1965)
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“It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.”
William Somerset Maugham quotes (English short-story Writer, Novelist and Playwright, 1874-1965)
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“Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.”
William Somerset Maugham quotes (English short-story Writer, Novelist and Playwright, 1874-1965)
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“It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”
William Somerset Maugham quotes (English short-story Writer, Novelist and Playwright, 1874-1965)
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“Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.”
Terry Pratchett quotes (English Writer, b.1948)
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“When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "one word at a time."”
Stephen King quotes (American Writer, best known for his horror novels. b.1947)
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