Affair Quote by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

First of all, there was a volcano of words, an eruption of words that Shakespeare had never used before that had never been used…

— Stephen Greenblatt

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

— Orson Welles

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

— Edward Hall

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

— Gayle Forman

Things you think you're saying for the first time ever, have been said better before by Shakespeare, though they may need saying again.

— Ken Kesey

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

— John Irving

“Shakespeare = We all make his”

— Anonymous

Shakespeare is a permanent presence in the English letters.

— Antonio Munoz Molina

Shakespeare, I come !

— Theodore Dreiser

“It is heresy to say that we shall ever again produce a poet of Shakespeare's stature, but we have faith that when the spirit…

— Alfred B. Douglas

“Come, all sad and solemn shows,   That are quick-eyed Pleasure's foes!   We convènt naught else but woes. William Shakespeare”

— George Chityil

You can’t act Shakespeare until you can speak him.

— Patsy Rodenburg