I'm not interested in the fact that a writer may label himself as being intellectual or anti-intellectual. l'm really interested in the stuff he's turning out.
Jorge Luis BorgesMy undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out.
Jorge Luis BorgesWhat will die with me when I die, what pathetic or fragile form will the world lose?
Jorge Luis BorgesWe did meet forty years ago. At that time we were both influenced by Whitman and I said, jokingly in part, 'I don't think anything can be done in Spanish, do you?' Neruda agreed, but we decided it was too late for us to write our verse in English. We'd have to make the best of a second-rate literature.
Jorge Luis Borges