James Joyce

I write to express myself, not to impress others.

I am a man who has suffered much, but I have never lost my sense of humor.

The Catholic Church is what it is. I am what I am.

I have nothing to say about politics, except that I hate them.

I am a man who has lived in exile for many years, but I have never forgotten my homeland.

I am a man who has always been misunderstood. But I don't care.

I am a man who loves life, but I am not afraid of death.

I am a man who has always been true to himself.

I am a man who has always been an outsider.

I am a man who has always been a rebel.

I am a man who has always been a seeker of truth.

I am a man who has always been a student of life.

I am a most unhappy man. I have been reduced to a state of utter destitution. I am a pauper. I have no money, no clothes, no shoes, no home, no wife, no children, no friends, no hope, no health, no strength, no courage, no good spirits, no anything.

I am sorry that I have not been able to write to you more often, but I have been very busy, and I am also very lazy.

I am constantly preoccupied with the idea of writing a book about Dublin.

My mind is a storehouse of facts, a lumber room of oddities.

Life is too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.

The Irish are a fair people: they never speak well of one another.

God made food, the devil made cooks.

I am a product of the Catholic church.