Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. W. H. Auden Next Quote The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition. - W. H. Auden Previous Quote You have to see the sex act comically, as a child. - W. H. Auden