Fame Quote by W. H. Auden Download Open image “Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.” — W. H. Auden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fame Proud Vain Writing
Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed. — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
A famous writer who wants to continue writing has to be constantly defending himself against fame. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done. — Cullen Hightower Copy Share Image
Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The way to acquire lasting esteem is not by the fewness of a writer's faults, but the greatness of his beauties, and our noblest… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
He who is usually self-sufficient becomes exceptionally vain and keenly alive to fame and praise when he is physically ill. The more he loses… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“A writer doesn't dream of riches and fame, though those things are nice. A true writer longs to leave behind a piece of themselves,… — CK Webb Copy Share Image
Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Why doesn't the United States take over the monarchy and unite with England? England does have important assets. Naturally the longer you wait, the… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
The commonest ivory tower is that of the average man, the state of passivity towards experience. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Harrow the house of the dead; look shining at New styles of architecture, a change of heart. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Most poetry is the utterance of a man in some state of passion, love, joy, grief, rage, etc., and no doubt this is as… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Men will pay large sums to whores for telling them they are not bores. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
If age, which is certainly Just as wicked as youth, look any wiser, It is only that youth is still able to believe It… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
How happy the lot of the mathematician. He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no colleague or… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Most celebrated men live in a condition of prostitution. — Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Copy Share Image
Some people say that 'Drag Race' is about glory and immortalizing yourself in the Hall of Fame. For me, it's about shaking RuPaul down… — Trixie Mattel Copy Share Image
Five World Series rings, 3000-plus hits, the fame, the fortune and playing for the second most historic franchise in baseball... These are just some… — Mookie Betts Copy Share Image
There's nothing like getting feedback that's positive and supportive. That's what I'm all about. I'm really just genuinely doing good music. I'm not looking… — Tiffany Villarreal Copy Share Image
Don't crave fame, do what you do and just apply. I don't think many of them here today are that interested in fashion. Perhaps… — Louise Wilson Copy Share Image
The Baseball Hall of Fame is something every player dreams about, but being a member of God's Hall of Fame is the greatest achievement… — Gary Carter Copy Share Image
I don't want to have anything to do with that: just the fame without personal respect for your privacy. — Lucas Till Copy Share Image
The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion,… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
To become a celebrity is to become a brand name. There is Ivory Soap, Rice Krispies, and Philip Roth. Ivory is the soap that… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such: it is an accident, not a property, of… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be remarked for their vices and follies than not be noticed at all! — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
