W. Somerset Maugham Quote

On what it felt like to be famous:

It's like having a string of pearls given you. It's nice, but after a while, if you think of it at all, it's only to wonder if they're real or cultured.


A Writer's Notebook (1949)


It's like having a string of pearls given you. It's nice, but after a while, if you think of it at all, it's only to wonder if they're real or...

It's like having a string of pearls given you. It's nice, but after a while, if you think of it at all, it's only to wonder if they're real or...

It's like having a string of pearls given you. It's nice, but after a while, if you think of it at all, it's only to wonder if they're real or...

It's like having a string of pearls given you. It's nice, but after a while, if you think of it at all, it's only to wonder if they're real or...