Academia Quote by Amanda Craig

“It's Shakespearean, Bill; lots of the important stuff in Shakespeare happens offstage - you just hear about it.”

— John Irving

“Shakespeare can show us what we are like at moments when we cannot see ourselves.”

— Peter Saccio

“I'm afraid I always find Shakespeare terribly dreary. All those long scenes where everybody is drunk and it's supposed to be funny.”

— Agatha Christie

“I've been hearing about Shakespeare all my life, but I had no idea he really wrote so well; I always suspected him of going…

— Jean Webster

“What's remarkable about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.”

— Robert Graves

“The life of Shakespeare is a fine mystery and I tremble every day lest something turn up.”

— Charles Dickens

“Even the works of Shakespeare might be more thoroughly appreciated if they were re-examined from unorthodox positions. Someone, once in a while, should take…

— Sōseki Natsume

“The thing about Shakespeare is you can only read his books if someone is making you.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Quoting Shakespeare doesn't make you an intellectual. It just makes you a fan of Shakespeare.”

— Kevin N. Fair

“We probably read Shakespeare in the first place for his stories, afterwards for his characters. . . . To become intimate with Shakespeare in…

— Charlotte Mason

“I wouldn't doubt it for a second if any of these literature teachers had a hand-sculpted custom-made replica of Shakespeare's dick.”

— Eliza Gubbins

“They didn't understand, for we were Shakespeare, and they were mere actors in the play.”

— Cassandra Giovanni