James Joyce
Irish novelist and short-story writer
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
I fear those big words, Stephen said, which make us so unhappy.
—James Joyce, Irish novelist and short-story writer, Ulysses, 1922
Posted on March 31, 2000 at 10:58 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
When I heard the word "stream" uttered with such a revolting primness, what I think of is urine and not the contemporary novel. And besides, it isn't new, it is far from the dernier cri. Shakespeare used it continually, much too much in my opinion, and there's Tristam Shandy, not to mention the Agamemnon.
—James Joyce, Irish novelist and short-story writer
Posted on February 6, 2001 at 11:04 AM
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