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There was a time when people liked to take Shakespeare and twist him around to make whatever social or political statement they wanted to make.

I've never been that keen on Shakespeare.

Shakespeare is universal.

You cannot underestimate the influence of Shakespeare.

It's a perfectly valid position to not like Shakespeare.

If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth.

The reason there's no modern-day Shakespeare is because he didn't have anything to do except sit in a room with a candle and think.

You never get the Shakespeares right. It's not possible.

It's extremely dangerous to compare anyone else to Shakespeare.

Shakespeare didn't work at all for me.