I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way, as a kind of inspiration and a model for the beauty of language.
“Words are also seeds, and when dropped into the invisible spiritual substance, they grow and bring forth after their kind.”
“It would be fun to have someone in the White House who has worked in the private sector... and someone who understands that wealth creation is a good thing and they want more of it. Wealth is good.”