There is certainly no one 'type' of writer who…

Shakespeare - I was very influenced - still am - by Shakespeare. I couldn't believe that a white man in the 16th century could…

— Maya Angelou

I'm a big lover of Shakespeare. In fact, the only plays that I've ever done professionally in New York have been Shakespearian.

— Samira Wiley

“Today in this household's obsession with researching pointless questions, I can confirm that Shakespeare cannot, in fact, ever have had a banana.”

— Debra Ferreday

I think there's as much profundity and wisdom in Shakespeare, more so in fact, than those in the Bible.

— Steve Coogan

When a young writer deliberately tries to create an effect, the result is often a little self-conscious and overdone. But why is it so…

— Lucy Calkins

As a writer, I was deliberately creating an alternate world, and then populating it with experiences and people that I knew in this world,…

— Kevin Keck

Beauty and truth may be attributes of good writing, but if the writer deliberately aims at truth, he is likely to find that what…

— Northrop Frye

Give your main clause a little space. Prose is not like boxing; the skilled writer deliberately telegraphs his punch, knowing that the reader wants…

— William Safire

“Nevertheless . . was a word, certainly, but much more than a word, it was a concept. "Nevertheless" was what you said when you…

— Brunonia Barry

The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We…

— S. I. Hayakawa

“The first phase of modernism, which so far as the English language goes we associate with Pound and Yeats, Wyndham Lewis and Eliot and…

— Frank Kermode

These men of many nations must be taught American ways, the English language, and the right way to live.

— Henry Ford

“Hear me now or regret it later: Everything you write must be read aloud. Once all the context items are in place, this is…

— Jiro Adachi

My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Fine’s a funny word, don’t you think? I don’t think there’s another like it in the English language that says so much while actually…

— Emma Chase