Citations Quote by Deborah Harkness

“We now doubt Aristotle, understand Shakespeare only with footnotes.”

— Ada Palmer

A writer can get into a vast deal of trouble through misquotation. If you ever want to receive lots of mail, I recommend you…

— Joseph Epstein

“Once more unto the breach," Wellington grumbled in the stillness of the carriage. Eliza looked up from the address Douglas had given her. "Sorry,…

— Philippa Ballantine

Many moons ago dictionaries of quotations may have been less needed than they are today. In those good/bad old days, people walked around with…

— Joseph Epstein

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

— John Irving

I rarely find that things put in quotes, attributed to me, are things that I said -certainly in the context in which they are…

— Annie Potts

“He is like Shakespeare, if Shakespeare had gone mad and vowed to speak in only the most convoluted terms meant to confound his listeners.”

— Perpetua Langley

When we study Shakespeare on the page, for academic purposes, we may require all kinds of help. Generally, we read him in modern spelling…

— James Fenton

We had literary references, so we knew what we were talking about. We could quote things, talk about books we'd read; you can say…

— Kevin Ayers

“It seems only fair," Matthew continued. "A bit of karma, if you will." He twirled the stake again. "Shall we see how long you…

— Alyxandra Harvey

“It’s not enough to quote someone; it’s important to specify what aspect of that person you’re referencing. Every time we talk about someone, we…

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

“It is true that biographical readings of the plays are dangerous, unregulated, prone to sentimentalization. It is absurd to cherry-pick passages of poetry written…

— Charles Nicholl