I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

Quote by W H Auden

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If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.

If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is...

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet...

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet...

The belief that politics can be scientific must inevitably produce tyrannies. Politics cannot be a...

The belief that politics can be scientific must inevitably produce tyrannies. Politics cannot be a...

Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence,...

Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence,...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

All that we are not stares back at what we are.

All that we are not stares back at what we are.

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has...

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has...

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie

It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie

A relationship without trust is like having a phone with no service. And what do...

A relationship without trust is like having a phone with no service. And what do...

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.