Age Quote by Horace Walpole

Shakespeare was such a splendid vulgarian.

— Gene Weingarten

How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians.

— Horace Walpole

I wouldn't call myself a modern Shakespeare, but Shakespeare was probably to his generation what I am to mine.

— Zach Braff

“I believe...that to be very poor and very beautiful is most probably a moral failure more than an artistic success. Shakespeare would have done…

— Raymond Chandler

You could argue we are a different audience today,but on the other hand what is it that makes Shakespeare great? It is that he…

— Sam Wanamaker

Shakespeare was very political, but he was also a fabulous entertainer. That's where his genius comes in as a playwright.

— Adrian Dunbar

The reason there's no modern-day Shakespeare is because he didn't have anything to do except sit in a room with a candle and think.

— Chris Cornell

Shakespeare wouldn't have been any good if he'd stayed in Stratford. He had to go to London to be bathed in the full current…

— John Dos Passos

Shakespeare is practically our only link with the classic and the past. The future of education has much to do with whether we will…

— Allan Bloom

Mostly, I hope that by having some fun with Shakespeare's style I'll encourage young people who are intimidated by Shakespeare to give him a…

— Ian Doescher

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

— Jessica Lange

Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it.

— Alanis Morissette