Being true Quote by Sherrilyn Kenyon

It was reading Hamlet that ruined the concept of authenticity for me, not because Hamlet lacked existentialist credentials himself - indeed, as an earlier…

— Howard Jacobson

“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

Critchley and Webster’s fierce, witty exploration of Hamlet makes most other writing about Shakespeare seem simpleminded.

— Hari Kunzru

Shakespeare carries us to such a lofty strain of intelligent activity, as to suggest a wealth which beggars his own; and we then feel…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Shakespeare,” he thought as he scribbled away. “Foolish fancy. This is life as it is lived.”

— Jeanette Winterson

“We probably read Shakespeare in the first place for his stories, afterwards for his characters. . . . To become intimate with Shakespeare in…

— Charlotte Mason

“Suffice it to say I was compelled to create this group in order to find everyone who is, let's say, borrowing liberally from my…

— Sarah Schmelling

“Hamlet misspoke, Strawl decided. It is consciousness that makes cowards of us all, not conscience. Right and wrong are venomless when compared to the…

— Bruce Holbert

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

— Gabrielle Zevin

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

— Alan Bradley

See I'm a poet to some, a regular modern day Shakespeare.

— Eminem

“Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”

— Ken Robinson