Interest Quote by Stephen Greenblatt

First of all, Shakespeare is about pleasure and interest. He was from the first moment he actually wrote something for the stage, and he…

— Stephen Greenblatt

So much has already been said about Shakespeare that there doesn't seem to be anything more to say; yet it is the quality of…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

— Charlotte Mason

Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he…

— Condola Rashad

But Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is a part of an Englishman's constitution. His thoughts and beauties are so spread…

— Jane Austen

You could argue we are a different audience today,but on the other hand what is it that makes Shakespeare great? It is that he…

— Sam Wanamaker

I have good reason to be content, for thank God I can read and perhaps understand Shakespeare to his depths.

— John Keats

What, if not Shakespeare, is open for interpretation?

— Kelly Asbury

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

The reason we constantly discover new truth in Shakespeare is that his complete understanding of the particular includes the universal.

— Austin O'Malley

You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.

— John Bradshaw

Shakespeare feels very natural to me.

— Bebe Neuwirth