W. Somerset Maugham Quote

The inclination to digress is human. But the dramatist must avoid it even more strenuously than the saint must avoid sin, for while sin may be venial, digression is mortal.


The partial view (ed. London, Heinemann, 1954)


The inclination to digress is human. But the dramatist must avoid it even more strenuously than the saint must avoid sin, for while sin may be...

The inclination to digress is human. But the dramatist must avoid it even more strenuously than the saint must avoid sin, for while sin may be...

The inclination to digress is human. But the dramatist must avoid it even more strenuously than the saint must avoid sin, for while sin may be...

The inclination to digress is human. But the dramatist must avoid it even more strenuously than the saint must avoid sin, for while sin may be...