George III Quotes

Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.

I am rather partial to Shakespeare, though I haven't done loads. But when it's done right, there's nothing like it. There are layers upon layers upon layers, and you unpack new things constantly. I don't know how he knew so many things - about the world, about women, about human nature, life, death, our fears and hopes.

I think Shakespeare had a lot to contribute with his understanding of the human condition.

I like Shakespeare. I like some of his work a lot.

Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.

One of the problems with Shakespeare is that you can never give him a ring.

David Mamet's writing is pretty spectacular, obviously. I like the honesty of it; I like how funny it is and how sad it is.

I hate Shakespeare. I think Shakespeare's rubbish.

I majored in Shakespearean studies at a very tiny school in Georgia.

Shakespeare wrote about what was happening during the time; it still relates to us now.

I love how Shakespeare can really rip your heart out one second and then make you laugh the next. He's a master writer.

I think Shakespeare is everybody's treasure.

It's absolutely philistine not to recognize what a great book 'An American Dream' is. Norman Mailer is his own worst enemy, and if you don't catch him in a defensive position, he'll admit it. I'd really like to help that man.

I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive.

Shakespeare was completely fictionalising the people who were then the great celebrities of English.

Shakespeare has great ability to skirt around a subject and portray human nature.

If you're going to do Shakespeare, do Shakespeare. There's a reason why he's been performed for hundreds of years. His words affect people on a very deep level. He's the true humanist. That all comes through his text, his words.

I had great English teachers in high school who first piqued my interest in Shakespeare. Each year, we read a different play - 'Othello,' 'Julius Caesar,' 'Macbeth,' 'Hamlet' - and I was the nerd in class who would memorize soliloquies just for the fun of it.

The most likely explanation is the most practical. 'Macbeth' is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out a theater, just mount a production of 'Macbeth'. It's a short play, it's an exciting play, it's easy to understand, and it attracts great acting.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that I'll never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence.

Shakespeare is where I live. I adore him.

A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of all the people who say he is very good.

Having spent so much of my life with Shakespeare's world, passions and ideas in my head and in my mouth, he feels like a friend - someone who just went out of the room to get another bottle of wine.

Most people, even among those who know Shakespeare well and come into real contact with his mind, are inclined to isolate and exaggerate some one aspect of the tragic fact.