First time Quote by Ken Kesey

With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly.

— Oscar Isaac

“That they will find each other during the play, once more, in the words of Shakespeare.”

— Gayle Forman

“There are times, aren't there, when Shakespeare is a little dull.”

— Graham Greene

Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation.

— Denzel Washington

“About anyone so great as Shakespeare, it is probable that we can never be right; and if we can never be right, it is…

— T.S. Eliot

“Shakespeare doesn't mean: we mean by Shakespeare.”

— Terence Hawkes

“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

Oh, if Shakespeare says it, that's all right.

— L. Frank Baum

With Shakespeare, the hard work is to find out why he said it and how it can relate to the audience.

— Ruben Santiago-Hudson

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

— Edward Hall

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

— Orson Welles

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

— Gabrielle Zevin