In respect of the recurrent emergence of the theme of sex…

“But my considered opinion, after long reflection, is that, whilst in many places the effect of "Ulysses" on the reader undoubtedly is somewhat emetic,…

— John Munro Woolsey

“Each imagining himself to be the first last and only alone, whereas he is neither first last nor last nor only not alone in…

— James Joyce

“It may be that The Great Gatsby is as perfect, word for word, just in terms of English; but Ulysses is deeper, richer, wider…

— Stephen Fry

When I wrote 'Your Republic Is Calling You,' it was Franz Kafka's writing that I had most in mind, and James Joyce's 'Ulysses.' Entirely…

— Kim Young-ha

“If my grandfather was here, he would have died laughing ... Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man can be…

— Stephen J. Joyce

I've been working hard on [Ulysses] all day," said Joyce. Does that mean that you have written a great deal?" I said. Two sentences,"…

— James Joyce

In one particular chapter in Ulysses, James Joyce imitates every major writing style that's been used by English and American writers over the last…

— Frederick Lenz

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

— William Faulkner

The censors have always had a field day with James Joyce, specifically with 'Ulysses,' but also with his other writings. The conventional wisdom is…

— Karen DeCrow

The other book that I worry no one reads anymore is James Joyce's Ulysses. It's not easy, but every page is wonderful and repays…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“A man [Joyce] whose earliest stories appeared next to the manure prices in the Irish Homestead knew that columns of prose, like columns of…

— Declan Kiberd

To live with the work and the letters of James Joyce was an enormous privilege and a daunting education. Yes, I came to admire…

— Edna O'Brien

“I, too, like to read. Once a month, I go to the local branch. For myself, I pick a novel and, for Bruno, with…

— Nicole Krauss

In translation studies we talk about domestication - translation styles that make something familiar - or estrangement - translation styles that make something radically…

— Elliott Colla

James Joyce is a cul-de-sac. [Ulysses is] ... an example how literature branched out and went into, lost itself in nowhere, no man's land.

— Werner Herzog