Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is t... - James Joyce

"Shut your eyes and see."

"Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead."

"Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why."

"Interpretations of interpretations interpreted."

"The artist, like the God of creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails"