I mean, these two quotes by Joyce himself say it all: “If I gave it all up immediately, I'd lose my immortality. I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that i

I mean, these two quotes by Joyce himself say it all: “If I gave it all up immediately, I'd lose my immortality. I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality.” -Joyce's reply for a request for a plan of Ulysses, as quoted in James Joyce (1959) by Richard Ellmann “The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole Life to reading my works.” -Interview with Max Eastman in Harper's Magazine, as quoted in James Joyce (1959) by Richard Ellmann. Eastman noted "He smiled as he said that — smiled, and then repeated it."