somerset maugham

     

A critic said that a character of his, "yearning for the moon... never saw the sixpence at his feet"; he made that into a title

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  • "Of Human Bondage" author who based his play "The Letter" on one of his own short stories
  • Graham Sutherland's 1949 portrait of this "Of Human Bondage" author is in the Tate Gallery
  • Herbert Marshall portrayed this writer in "The Moon and Sixpence" & "The Razor's Edge"
  • The 1922 play "Rain" is a dramatization of "Miss Thompson", this author's story about Sadie Thompson
  • Herbert Marshall played this author in "The Moon & Sixpence" & "The Razor's Edge"
  • "Sheppey" is this "Of Human Bondage" author's play about a barber who wins the sweepstakes
  • In 1908 this "Of Human Bondage" author had 4 of his plays running in London at the same time
  • He used the word mumpish, which means sullen, in his book "Of Human Bondage"
  • His 1919 novel "The Moon and Sixpence" was turned into an opera in 1957
  • This "Of Human Bondage" author's experiences as a spy inspired his "Ashenden: Or the British Agent"
  • The hero's clubfoot in "Of Human Bondage" represented this author's stammer
  • "People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise", he wrote in "Of Human Bondage"
  • Although this "Of Human Bondage" author earned a medical degree, he never practiced medicine
  • In 2005 audiences were on "The Razor's Edge" of their seats watching "The Constant Wife" by this author
  • "Ashenden" is an account of his years as a World War I spy by this author of "Of Human Bondage"
  • He based "The Moon and Sixpence" on the life of Gauguin, but his character was British
  • While serving as an ambulance driver during WWI, he finished his novel "Of Human Bondage"
  • He served up "Cakes and Ale", a 1930 satire of English literary life
  • For "The Razor's Edge", he chose the apt "The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over"
  • His 1921 collection "The Trembling of a Leaf" contained "Miss Thompson", which was later dramatized as "Rain"

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  • It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.” ― W. Somerset Maugham , The Painted Veil
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  • W. Somerset Maugham~ The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
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  • RT @Elvira_melo: “A desgraça deste mundo reside no fato de ser muito mais fácil abandonar os bons hábitos do que os maus.” ―William Somerse…
  • It Is Funny About Life: If You Refuse To Accept Anything But The Very Best You Will Very Often Get It~ W. Somerset Maugham
  • @the_dirty_ho @RufusHound To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day. Somerset Maugham
  • Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. ~W. Somerset Maugham, A Writer's Notebook, 1949
  • W. Somerset Maugham~ We do not write because we want to we write because we have to.
  • W. Somerset Maugham~ Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.
  • A good rule for writers: Do not explain overmuch. SOMERSET MAUGHAM #amwriting #writing
  • La lectura no da al hombre sabiduría; le da conocimientos. -- William Somerset Maugham Cardiff Castle library, Wales
  • There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. SOMERSET MAUGHAM #amwriting
  • The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. W. Somerset Maugham
  • RT @Eleni_Becker: "The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned." - William Somerset Maugham
  • W. Somerset Maugham~ When things are at their worst I find something always happens.
  • Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. W. Somerset Maugham
  • It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. W. Somerset Maugham
  • Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. Somerset Maugham
  • "Life wouldn’t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present.–W. Somerset Maugham"
  • "The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned." - William Somerset Maugham
  • El placer se esconde tras la práctica de todas y cada una de tus virtudes. (W. Somerset Maugham)
  • Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it. W. Somerset Maugham
  • “I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.” ― W. Somerset Maugham,
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  • Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other five without it. - William Somerset Maugham
  • RT @JankeSteven: Unfortunately sometimes one can't do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy. W. Somerset Maugham 
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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." W. Somerset Maugham
  • There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. W. Somerset Maugham
  • RT @thequote: Life wouldn’t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present.–W. Somerset Maugham
  • "Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, amazing. The main character's thought processes are so similar to my...
  • He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it. ~W. Somerset Maugham
  • RT @ProofreadingHQ: "There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are." ― W. Somerset Maugham
  • RT @EdCoburn1: We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to. -- W. Somerset Maugham (Ain't it the truth - Ed)
  • The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love. -William Somerset Maugham
  • W. Somerset Maugham~ At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well and talk well but not too wisely.
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