Books Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation.

— Jorge Luis Borges

“When a writer dies, he becomes his books.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

“Good writers can't die. Their words live on forever.”

— Kensington Gore

Only two things happen to writers when they die: Either their work survives, or it becomes forgotten.

— Stephen King

“The only good writer was a dead writer.”

— John Steinbeck

“Writing keeps death at bay. Every book I write is a triumph over death. ... If we did not know we’d die, we’d wander…

— Ray Bradbury

“A writer who isn't writing isn't really alive.”

— Robin McKinley

“It is a misfortune to be in the presence of a writer, even a failed writer, to be seen by him, be his passing…

— Manu Joseph

Without curiosity a writer is dead.

— Lynne Tillman

“If a book is not alive in the writer's mind, it is as dead as year-old horse shit.”

— Stephen King

The author enters into his own death, writing begins.

— Roland Barthes

“The great writer evokes the words that buried within hearts of readers.”

— Toba Beta