# Quote — Woody Allen, Side Effects

> I sit in a London pub with Willie Maugham. I am distressed, because my first novel, Proud Emetic, has been coolly received by the critics. Its one favorable notice, in the Times, was vitiated by the last sentence, which called the book "a miasma of asinine cliches unrivalled in Western letters." Maugham explains that while this quote can be interpreted many ways, it might be best not to use it in the print ads.

- Author: [Woody Allen](https://www.leafyquotes.com/woody-allen.md)
- Book: [Side Effects](https://www.leafyquotes.com/woody-allen/side-effects.md)
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## More from this book

> Agathon: But all that talk about death being the same as sleep.
>
> Socrates: Yes, the difference is that when you're dead and somebody yells, "Everybody up, it's morning," it's very hard to find your slippers.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/woody-allen/side-effects/agathon-but-all.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [death](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/death.md)

> It is impossible to travel faster than light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/woody-allen/side-effects/it-is-impossible.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md)

> Is anything in nature actually "perfect" with the exception of my Uncle Hyman's stupidity? Who am I to demand perfection? I, with my myriad faults. I made a list of my faults, but could not get past: 1) Sometimes forgets his hat.

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Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md)