'I do not write for a select minority, which means nothing to me, nor for that adulated platonic entity known as 'The Masses'. Both abstractions, so dear to the demagogue, I disbelieve in. I write for myself and for my friends, and I write to ease the passing of time.' - Introduction to The Book of Sand

'The central fact of my life has been the existence of words and the possibility of weaving those words into poetry.'

Extremes of fantastic hope and skepticism paradoxically coexist in Borges' thought. In 'Pascal's Sphere' he examines an image which is not only paradoxical in …

'The earth we inhabit is an error, an incompetent parody. Mirrors and paternity are abominable because they multiply and affirm it.' - (dogma of a fictional re…

A writer wants what he has to say to be heard again and again. He wants it to be heard after he is dead.

The question we writers are asked most often, the favorite question, is: Why do you write? I write because I have an innate need to write. I write because I ca…

I want to work in revelations, not just spin silly tales for money. I want to fish as deep down as possible into my own subconscious in the belief that once th…