Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borge

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Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

They say great themes make great novels.. but what these young writers don't understand is...

They say great themes make great novels.. but what these young writers don't understand is...

Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must...

Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must...

I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on...

I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on...

Even the best writer has to erase

Even the best writer has to erase

They say great themes make great novels.. but what these young writers don't understand is...

They say great themes make great novels.. but what these young writers don't understand is...

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.

The free-lance writer is the person who is paid per piece or per word or...

The free-lance writer is the person who is paid per piece or per word or...

When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism; but when you take it from...

When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism; but when you take it from...

For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.

For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.

Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.

Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself...

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself...

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for...

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for...

There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the...

There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the...

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write,...

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write,...

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always...

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always...