Shakespeare Quote by William Shakespeare

“...with an understanding of Shakespeare there comes a release from the gullibility that makes you prey to the great shopkeeper who runs the world,…

— Nadine Gordimer

“This therefore is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirrour of life; that he who has mazed his imagination, in following…

— Samuel Johnson

“Shakespeare was not a genius. He was, without the distant shadow of a doubt, the most wonderful writer who ever breathed. But not a…

— Mark Forsyth

“Shakespeare can show us what we are like at moments when we cannot see ourselves.”

— Peter Saccio

“The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.”

— Anaïs Nin

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

— Gayle Forman

“It's Shakespeare making fun of love.”

— Rainbow Rowell

“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

“Shakespeare's state of mind”

— Virginia Woolf

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

— John Irving

“This is, indeed, a place where magic happens…”

— Amanda V. Shane

“Shakespeare has united the powers of exciting laughter and sorrow not only in one mind, but in one composition.”

— Samuel Johnson