Well it is certainly the case that the poems - which were in fact published during Shakespeare's lifetime - are weird if they began or originated in this form, as I think they did, because the poems get out of…

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I believe that it is a whole lifetime of work on Shakespeare's part that enabled...

I believe that it is a whole lifetime of work on Shakespeare's part that enabled...

What matters here are the works - finally without them his life would be uninteresting....

What matters here are the works - finally without them his life would be uninteresting....

What I wanted to do was to get that sense of being in touch with...

What I wanted to do was to get that sense of being in touch with...

First of all, there was a volcano of words, an eruption of words that Shakespeare...

First of all, there was a volcano of words, an eruption of words that Shakespeare...

I believe that nothing comes of nothing, even in Shakespeare. I wanted to know where...

I believe that nothing comes of nothing, even in Shakespeare. I wanted to know where...

What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love...

What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love...

First of all, Shakespeare is about pleasure and interest. He was from the first moment...

First of all, Shakespeare is about pleasure and interest. He was from the first moment...

The Shakespeare that Shakespeare became is the name that's attached to these astonishing objects that...

The Shakespeare that Shakespeare became is the name that's attached to these astonishing objects that...

I believe in broken, fractured, complicated narratives, but I believe in narratives as a vehicle...

$I believe in broken, fractured, complicated narratives, but I believe in narratives as a vehicle...$

No special writing rituals. And my desk is usually cluttered.

No special writing rituals. And my desk is usually cluttered.

But I never listen to music while I'm writing.

But I never listen to music while I'm writing.

Now a Protestant confronting a Catholic ghost is exactly Shakespeare's way of grappling with what...

Now a Protestant confronting a Catholic ghost is exactly Shakespeare's way of grappling with what...

It is not that Shakespeare's art is in technicolor and fancy, and that real life...

It is not that Shakespeare's art is in technicolor and fancy, and that real life...

My father who in this case was an obsessive life-long storyteller, and by a very...

My father who in this case was an obsessive life-long storyteller, and by a very...

I wanted to hold onto and exploit the power of narrative. This is not only...

I wanted to hold onto and exploit the power of narrative. This is not only...

I'm not spitting in my own soup, I love having spent my life thinking about...

I'm not spitting in my own soup, I love having spent my life thinking about...

I've been at this for 40 years. And, as an academic, I've been content with...

I've been at this for 40 years. And, as an academic, I've been content with...

But if Shakespeare himself is maybe about meaning and truth, I don't know, then he...

But if Shakespeare himself is maybe about meaning and truth, I don't know, then he...

I think the writing of literature should give pleasure. What else should it be about?...

I think the writing of literature should give pleasure. What else should it be about?...