Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Writing Quotes

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man...

Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man...

I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that...

I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that...

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic.

Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not...

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not...

Through the years, a man peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays,...

Through the years, a man peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays,...

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry...

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry...

Death (or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because of their...

Death (or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because of their...

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth...

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth...

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.

Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are...

To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are...

The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb.

The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb.