James Joyce

I am a product of the Catholic religion, but I have no faith in it.

God knows, I'm no saint.

I want to give a picture of Dublin so complete that if the city one day suddenly disappeared from the earth it could be reconstructed out of my book.

I am not a hero. I am a man who has made mistakes.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

I am quite content to be a scapegoat for my country.

I am not interested in any political party or any political movement.

Dublin is a city of pubs and churches. I prefer the pubs.

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

I am a man who has always been alone, and I shall always be alone.

I want to live in a world where I am free to express myself, to write what I want, to say what I want.

The shortest way to Tara is by way of Holyhead.

My intention is to write a book that will make the critics tear their hair out.

I am a man of the world, and I have seen many things.

I am a genius, but a misunderstood one.

I have been writing for twenty years, and I have only just begun to learn how to write.

My art is not for the masses. It is for the few, the very few.

I am an Irish writer, but I am not a nationalist.

I am a man who loves women, but I am not a womanizer.

I am a man who believes in the power of words.