You should approach Joyce's Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with faith.

The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in a brothel. In my opinion it's the perfect milieu for an artist to work in.

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why. He is completely amoral in that he will ro…

If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he c…

Get stewed: Books are a load of crap.

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry.

Wilson is not like other critics; some critics are boring even when they are original; he fascinates even when he is wrong.