“The Book does not play James Joyce with the Universe.”
“[James] Joyce... an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized....”
“Chuck Norris doesn't need to understand the work of James Joyce; James Joyce needs to understand the work of Chuck Norris.”
“James Joyce married a woman named Nora Barnacle. She once said to him, ‘Why don’t you write books people can read?”
“God does not play dice with the universe.”
“Careful, Arturo Bandini: don't strain your eyesight, remember what happened to Tarkington, remember what happened to James Joyce.”