W. Somerset Maugham is interviewed by Malcolm Muggeridge on the BBC in 1954. The occasion was the publication of Ten Novels and Their Authors, Maugham’s latest book:
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Archives for November 28, 2012
TT: Almanac
“My characters tell me so much and no more, with reference to their experience, their aspirations, their motives, their history. Between my lack of biographical data about them and the ambiguity of what they say lies a territory which is not only worthy of exploration but which it is compulsory to explore.”
Harold Pinter, “Writing for the Theatre”