New fathers, political prisoners, traumatised presidential aides, resolute schoolboys, MEPs addressing unfriendly chambers - we all find that Shakespeare has magically anticipated our precise circumstances. How he was possible, I still don't understand; but there isn't a day I'm not grateful that he
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Nationality: British Type: Politician Born: September 1, 1971 |
“If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the play. Have a reason for making it sing.”
“Literature has as one of its principal allures that it tells you something about life that life itself can't tell you. I just thought literature is a thing that human beings do.”