More quotes by James Joyce

"Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead."
"Interpretations of interpretations interpreted."
"Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why."
"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"
"All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light."