Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by… — 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… — 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… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
We did meet forty years ago. At that time we were both influenced by Whitman and I said, jokingly in part, 'I… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I don't think there's any essential difference, at least for me, between writing poetry and writing prose. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I never reread what I've written. I'm far too afraid to feel ashamed of what I've done. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I try to avoid purple patches, fine writing, all that kind of thing... because I think they're a mistake. And then sometimes… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I am attracted to fantastic writing, and fantastic reading, of course. But I think things that we call fantastic may be real,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
A writer, or any man, must believe that whatever happens to him is an instrument; everything has been given for an end.… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I can’t talk about my books. I have written them and tried to forget them. I have written once, and readers have… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
A writer needs loneliness, and he gets his share of it. He needs love, and he gets shared and also unshared love.… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“In art nothing is more secondary than the author's intentions.” — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
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
“If you're a writer you're bound to write something fine, at least now and then, off and on.” — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I think it's all to the good that a writer shouldn't be too famous. Because, in a country where a writer may… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in the fact that a writer may label himself as being intellectual or anti-intellectual. l'm really interested in the… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I write for myself, and perhaps for half a dozen friends. And that should be enough. And that might improve the quality… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I don't think esthetic schools are important. What is important is the use that is made of them, or whatever the individual… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
It is worth remembering that every writer begins with a naively physical notion of what art is. A book for him or… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The two important facts I should say, are emotion, and then words arising from emotion. I don't think you can write in… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
When I feel I'm going to write something, then I just am quiet and I try to listen. Then something comes through.… — 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
