W. H. Auden Quotes
But if a stranger in the train asks me my occupation, I never answer "writer" for fear that he may go on to ask me what I write, and to answer "poetry" would embarrass us both, for we both know that nobody can earn a living simply by writing poetry.
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America is huge.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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The questioners had that beautiful detachment and devotion to stern justice of men dealing in death without being in any danger of it.
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I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job.
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But if a stranger in the train asks me my occupation, I never answer "writer" for fear that he may go on to ask me what I write, and to answer "poetry" would embarrass us both, for we both know that nobody can earn a living simply by writing poetry.
