Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Writing Quotes

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,...

The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be...

The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be...

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.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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.

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...

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...

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.

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries...

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries...

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

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

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

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that...

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that...

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...

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as...

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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...

There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak...

There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak...