Had I to give advice to writers (and I do not think they need it, because everyone has to find out things for himself), I would tell them simply this; I would ask them to tamper as little as they can with their own work. I do not think tinkering does any good. The moment comes when one has found out what one can do - when one has found one's natural voice, one's rhythm. Then I do not think that slight emendations should prove useful.


This Craft of Verse (ed. Harvard University Press, 2002) - ISBN: 9780674008205

Jorge Luis Borges Quotes

Had I to give advice to writers (and I do not think they need it, because everyone has to find out things for himself), I would tell them simply...

Had I to give advice to writers (and I do not think they need it, because everyone has to find out things for himself), I would tell them simply...

Had I to give advice to writers (and I do not think they need it, because everyone has to find out things for himself), I would tell them simply...

Had I to give advice to writers (and I do not think they need it, because everyone has to find out things for himself), I would tell them simply...