If I write a fantastic story, I'm not writing something willful. On the contrary, I am writing something that stands for my… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Although I'm very lazy when it comes to writing, I'm not that lazy when it comes to thinking. I like to develop… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
It also occurred to him that throughout history, humankind has told two stories: the story of a lost ship sailing the Mediterranean… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Reality is not always probable, or likely. But if you're writing a story, you have to make it as plausible as you… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Unlike the novel, a short story may be, for all purposes, essential. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
As to my writing short pieces, there are two reasons I can give you. The first is my invincible laziness. The second… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I hardly know what I'm going to write - an article, a story, a poem in free verse - or in some… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Loneliness does not worry me; life is difficult enough, putting up with yourself and with your own habits. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I don't think we're capable of knowledge, but I like to keep an open mind. So if you ask me whether I believe in… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The web of time - the strands of which approach one another, bifurcate, intersect, or ignore each other through the centuries - embraces "every"… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
When I write, I do it urged by an intimate necessity. I don't have in mind an exclusive public, or a public of multitudes,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
