Factual Quote by Kevin N. Fair

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

— Gabrielle Zevin

“In later life, people will be impressed that you can quote Shakespeare, and you will sound very intelligent. It's harder to quote trigonometry, or…

— John Connolly

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

— Terence Hawkes

“Shakespeare's great." Duh. Shakespeare's cool, man.”

— Alex Flinn

“I've been hearing about Shakespeare all my life, but I had no idea he really wrote so well; I always suspected him of going…

— Jean Webster

“Why do people always quote hamlet when they want to seem clever?”

— Alan Bradley

“It’s the remarkable thing about academics: they look at Shakespeare and always see their own faces in him.”

— Amanda Craig

“It's Shakespeare making fun of love.”

— Rainbow Rowell

“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

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

— John Irving

Shakespeare is an intellectual miracle.

— Thomas Chalmers

I don't think I'm like Shakespeare.

— Joss Whedon