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

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: W H Auden Quotes

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...

The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order...

The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order...

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money,...

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money,...

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here...

We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here...

My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.

My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out...

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out...

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called...

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called...

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...

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most...

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most...

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to...

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to...

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...

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire...

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire...

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for...

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for...