Hamlet/characters

Famous quotes containing the words hamlet and/or characters:

    They know that Hamlet and Lear are gay;
    Gaiety transfiguring all that dread.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    My characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. And that’s basically a conservative view of life.
    Jane Smiley (b. 1949)