Fairy tale Quote by Varlam Shalamov

“A condensed Shakespeare with all of the dull parts removed, leaving only the great moments of drama: ghosts, and bloodied daggers, and dying kings.”

— John Connolly

What, if not Shakespeare, is open for interpretation?

— Kelly Asbury

For me, what Macbeth is about is people who cannot face their fears and pain and instead of facing them and going beyond, they…

— Marion Cotillard

And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm…

— Liev Schreiber

“In addition, unlike Othello, whose profession of arms is socially honorable, Shylock is a professional usurer who, like a prostitute, has a social function…

— W.H. Auden

I think that Shakespeare himself raided fairy tales and chronicle writers, and he always looked to people who worked in the mythic genres, whether…

— Kenneth Branagh

'Macbeth' is one of those books that demand all of your attention.

— Mannie Fresh

“The life of Shakespeare is a fine mystery and I tremble every day lest something turn up.”

— Charles Dickens

In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals…

— Iain McGilchrist

With 'Lady Macbeth,' I had two other things offered to me, and they would have also been very fun, but you just have to…

— Florence Pugh

Macbeth was the first play I ever read.

— Alan Cumming