Fall Quote by Tupac Shakur

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

All the great Shakespeare plays are about killing. 'Alas, poor Yorick,' that's about death. And in 'Romeo and Juliet' everyone up ends up dying.…

— Ray Winstone

I love Shakespeare. In Shakespeare, tragedy is not just something that's bad. It's something that could be good and is bad.

— Rafe Esquith

A lot of people say to me, 'Is this good, to do to a Shakespeare piece?' And I think, 'You know, 'West Side Story'…

— Kelly Asbury

The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous…

— Karin Slaughter

I think what's universal about the story of 'Romeo and Juliet' is every one has grown up and done something that was rebellious against…

— Kelly Asbury

Romeo is the most misunderstood character in literature, I think. He's hardcore to play because he's displaying the characteristics of Hamlet at the beginning,…

— Alan Cumming

Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories.

— Nicholas Sparks

Shakespeare's stories are still very strong. He structured fantastic stories about things that were fundamental to the human being and psyche.

— James McAvoy

The nice thing with Shakespeare from a modern point of view is that a lot of stuff that was tragic for him can read…

— Ryan North

I feel akin to [William] Shakespeare in the sense that, as I see it, he lived to dramatize the unfailingly exciting, unfathomably strange interplay…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I'm going to be criticized by lots of "scholars," but I think Shakespeare's best comedy often appears in his tragedies, actually. Not necessarily in…

— Chukwudi Iwuji