Quote of the Day (Somerset Maugham, on Writing Obscurely)

"People often write obscurely. The writer has a vague impression of what he wants to say, but has not, either from lack of mental power or from laziness, exactly formulated it in his mind. This is due largely to the fact that many writers think, not before, but as they write."—W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up (1938)