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Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I can't remember starting school and not learning about him.

Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings.

I like the fact George R. R. Martin took Shakespeare's political plays as material, but he also took on all sorts of other sensational stories and mingled them in together.

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

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

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

Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading.

I hate Shakespeare. I think Shakespeare's rubbish.

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 been with Shakespeare all my life.