W. Somerset Maugham Needs Quotations

There is no need for the writer to eat a whole sheep to be able to tell you what mutton tastes like. It is enough if he eats a cutlet. But he should do that.

It must be that to govern a nation you need a specific talent and that this may very well exist without general ability.

It is astonishing how many books I find there is no need for me to read at all.