Books Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Every writer creates his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future.

— Jorge Luis Borges

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

“The fact is that each writer creates his own precursors.”

— jorge luis borges

In the critic's vocabulary, the word "precursor" is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemic or rivalry. The fact is…

— Jorge Luis Borges

The author creates a book and the people accept or not accept it. The creator of a book is an author and the creator…

— Victor Hugo

“An artist brings words to life through images, while an author creates living images using words.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

Every author that creates is a liar;literature is a lie,but from that lie, a recreation of reality is born. Therefore, recreating reality is one…

— Juan Rulfo

It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In…

— Rachel Kushner

“What I don't get about "traditional publishing" is that an author creates a work that they think is good enough to be published. They…

— David Nicol

It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In…

— Rachel Kushner

Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who…

— Andrew Lang

My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that…

— Karen Thompson Walker