Behave Quote by Jeremy Irons

Shakespeare is so fundamental to the way we see story. A tremendous amount of narratives come from him - more than many authors are…

— Rebecca Serle

There is certainly no one 'type' of writer who deliberately draws on Shakespeare. In fact, there's a strong argument that everyone writing in the…

— Matt Haig

I'm not Shakespeare. I have no delusions of who I am, as a writer. I wrote a simply beautiful script that's a fun-filled, joyous…

— Steve Antin

All the unimaginative assholes in the world who imagine that Shakespeare couldn't have written Shakespeare because it was impossible from what we know about…

— John Irving

Shakespeare and his work will always be relevant. He wrote those pieces hundreds of years ago and we haven't really changed as humans, have…

— Michelle Dockery

Shakespeare's always been sitting on my back, since I began reading. And, certainly, as a writer, he's who I hear all the time. And…

— Howard Jacobson

Among the English authors, Shakespeare has incomparably excelled all others. That noble extravagance of fancy, which he had in so great perfection, thoroughly qualified…

— Joseph Addison

People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Im lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer theres ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow…

— Samuel West

“Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a…

— Samuel Johnson

“It may take a decade or two before the extent of Shakespeare's collaboration passes from the graduate seminar to the undergraduate lecture, and finally…

— James Shapiro

I have always been an impassioned advocate for the works of Shakespeare. I regard him as one of the most complete miracles of his…

— Stephen Fry