[Maugham en su escritorio, 1936]A character in a writer's head, unwritten, remains a possession; his thoughts recur to it constantly, and while his imagination gradually enriches it he enjoys the singular pleasure of feeling that there, in his mind, someone is living a varied and tremulous life, obedient to his fancy and yet in a queer wilful way independent of him. But when once that character is set down on paper it belongs to the writer no more. He forgets it. It is curious how completely a person who may have occupied your reveries for many years can thus cease to be.
[W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM 1993 Cakes and Ale. New York: Penguin. Pg. 5 (from the Author's preface)]
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