“He is Romeo, and he is heartbroken. Every word is wistful. When he says, 'O, teach me how I should forget to… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“The popular conception of any philosophical doctrine is necessarily imperfect, and very generally unjust. Lucretius is often alluded to as an atheistical… — Fleeming Jenkin Copy Share Image
I've worked in a few sort of 'institutional' theaters - the Royal Shakespeare, the National Theater in England - and they're hopelessly… — Tim Curry Copy Share Image
I can't think of anything worse than calling Shakespeare 'highbrow,' because on the one hand, it's brilliant writing. But his plays were… — Timothy Dalton Copy Share Image
“When I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; When I behold… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Whether you're talking about Shakespeare or, you know, if you look at Greek tragedies. I mean, every playwright, every songwriter, every artist… — Sarah Jones Copy Share Image
“Banks frown when employees torch the home of their principal account holder.” — Kathy Bryson Copy Share Image
Shakespeare has always been up for grabs, and choreographers have every right to use him any way they choose. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
No writer besides Shakespeare has created more memorable characters attached to vices and virtues. In even their least sympathetic characters, one senses… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
“Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign, one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance;… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“They died together; they'll always be remembered together. It's decided, once and for all. He was hers. The rumors don't matter; they'll… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
There is in our society a gulf opening up, a kind of cultural apartheid, between those who are brought up to feel… — Richard Eyre Copy Share Image
We're very lucky, men, that there are these fabulous parts. Women - once you've done all the parts in Shakespeare, they start… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
It is difficult to know how the Tudors actually spoke because we're going back before Shakespeare; much of the drama from that… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
With due apologies to Shakespeare, some people are born writers, some people achieve it after a lot of hard work, some people… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
“Get you gone, you dwarf, You minimus of hindering knotgrass made, You bead, you acorn!” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant. — Ion Tiriac Copy Share Image
“All men who repeat a line from Shakespeare are William Shakespeare” — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Why is the public so interested in movies about the wealthy? My answer is that Shakespeare wrote about kings. That's where the… — Nicholas Jarecki Copy Share Image
