Language Quote by David Crystal

I believe that it is a whole lifetime of work on Shakespeare's part that enabled him to do what he did. But the question…

— Stephen Greenblatt

Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I discovered that it's easy because it's so brilliantly written.…

— Jessica Lange

I got into Shakespeare and all of that stuff in high school and then got out of it because it got too complicated. But…

— Ro James

I've done a lot of Shakespeare over the years. You start to realise how the plays fit together; he's always using pieces from one…

— Harriet Walter

First of all, there was a volcano of words, an eruption of words that Shakespeare had never used before that had never been used…

— Stephen Greenblatt

Most authors have one idea per book. Shakespeare had two per sentence.

— Lauren Hutton

It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.

— Jessica Lange

“Did you know that the author William Shakespeare invented more than seventeen hundred words, including ‘assassination’ and ‘bump’?”

— Lenore Look

We have cut the text, but what remains are Shakespeare's words.

— Edward Hall

If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you.

— Jack L. Chalker

Shakespeare tells the same stories over and over in so many guises that it takes a long time before you notice.

— Howard Nemerov

With Shakespeare, because you invest so much time in working on material, it always sort of stays with you to some degree.

— Christian Cooke