Always Quote by Michael J. Saylor

Most people, even among those who know Shakespeare well and come into real contact with his mind, are inclined to isolate and exaggerate some…

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

Shakespeare very rarely makes the least attempt to surprise by his catastrophes. They are felt to be inevitable, though the precise way in which…

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

There's very few people - like Shakespeare - who, no matter what, were gonna do what they did. For the rest of us, there's…

— Oscar Isaac

Shakespeare's so bloody difficult, and I don't like failure. You can fail on film, but there's nobody actually there in the flesh to watch…

— Anthony Hopkins

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

I think that ultimately any effective drama or tragedy tries to put you as much as it can into the protagonist's shoes.

— Nicholas Jarecki

If Shakespeare's great plays are variants of stories, even novels, you can see how each character is telling his story from his perspective; each…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Shakespeare's plays often turn on the idea of fate, as much drama does. What makes them so tragic is the gap between what his…

— Nate Silver

Not every novel that wants to be a tragedy gets to be one.

— Jane Smiley

I feel I understand now why, whenever there are revolutions, Shakespeare is what people turn to. Because whenever a society is on the cusp,…

— Neil MacGregor

I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is…

— Al Pacino

Im fascinated by failure, and Im fascinated by finality. Shakespeares historical plays are more universal than his comedies because they relate to the finality…

— George Hickenlooper