It's deprivation that makes people writers, if they have it in them to be a writer. William Maxwell More Quotes by William Maxwell More Quotes From William Maxwell A gentleman doesn't have one set of manners for the house of a poor man and another for the house of someone with an income incomparable to his own. William Maxwell gentleman house men It was lovely when you found students who responded to things you were enthusiastic about. William Maxwell lovely students found Who knows what oversensitive is, considering all there is to be sensitive to. William Maxwell considering sensitive knows I am the cat that walks alone. William Maxwell cat walks The reason life is so strange is that so often people have no choice. William Maxwell strange choices people