With Shakespeare, if you're not going to do the iambic pentameter, do some other play. - John C. McGinley Quotes from quotely.org

With Shakespeare, if you're not going to do the iambic pentameter, do some other play. - John C. McGinley Quotes from quotely.org

With Shakespeare, if you're not going to do the iambic pentameter, do some other play. by John C. McGinley

With Shakespeare, if you're not going to do the iambic pentameter, do some other play.

John C. McGinley

Photo Quote of I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

Howard Nemerov

Photo Quote of With Shakespeare, if you're not going to do the iambic pentameter, do some other play.

With Shakespeare, if you're not going to do the iambic pentameter, do some other play.

John C. McGinley

Photo Quote of I've spent so much time with iambic pentameter that I can now recognize it when I hear it in conversation or a movie - it's like a weird, useless superpower.

I've spent so much time with iambic pentameter that I can now recognize it when I hear it in conversation or a movie - it's like a weird, useless superpower.

Ian Doescher

The hardest part of writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' was probably the sheer amount of iambic pentameter and tiptoeing around certain scenes I knew would be hot-button issues for 'Star Wars' fans.

Ian Doescher

It's good to have a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in your lifetime. If you get the chance to skydive, go skydiving. If you're offered a part in a weird Shakespeare play in San Diego, slap on some tights and rock out some iambic pentameter. Neil Patrick Harris

The conventional wisdom with David Mamet is, you do not change a word. And that agrees with me. If you want to change any of David's words, it's like wanting to change the iambic pentameter in Shakespeare - you should do something else. John C. McGinley

You know, I used to say, when people say, 'How do you think about what to write about in the poems every week?' And I say, 'Well, I have to turn it in on Monday, so on Sunday nights I turn the shower to iambic pentameter and it sort of works out that way.' Calvin Trillin

Photo Quote of I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

Howard Nemerov

Photo Quote of With Shakespeare, if you're not going to do the iambic pentameter, do some other play.

With Shakespeare, if you're not going to do the iambic pentameter, do some other play.

John C. McGinley

Photo Quote of I've spent so much time with iambic pentameter that I can now recognize it when I hear it in conversation or a movie - it's like a weird, useless superpower.

I've spent so much time with iambic pentameter that I can now recognize it when I hear it in conversation or a movie - it's like a weird, useless superpower.

Ian Doescher

The hardest part of writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' was probably the sheer amount of iambic pentameter and tiptoeing around certain scenes I knew would be hot-button issues for 'Star Wars' fans.

Ian Doescher

The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English poetry to its genius for variation. Good blank verse does not sound like a series of identically measured lines. It sounds like a series of subtle variations on the same theme. James Fenton

It's good to have a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in your lifetime. If you get the chance to skydive, go skydiving. If you're offered a part in a weird Shakespeare play in San Diego, slap on some tights and rock out some iambic pentameter. Neil Patrick Harris

The conventional wisdom with David Mamet is, you do not change a word. And that agrees with me. If you want to change any of David's words, it's like wanting to change the iambic pentameter in Shakespeare - you should do something else. John C. McGinley

Photo Quote of I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

Howard Nemerov

Photo Quote of With Shakespeare, if you're not going to do the iambic pentameter, do some other play.

With Shakespeare, if you're not going to do the iambic pentameter, do some other play.

John C. McGinley

Photo Quote of In my opinion, it is easier to avoid iambic rhythms, when writing in syllabics, if you create a line or pattern of lines using odd numbers of syllables.

In my opinion, it is easier to avoid iambic rhythms, when writing in syllabics, if you create a line or pattern of lines using odd numbers of syllables.

James Fenton

Photo Quote of I've spent so much time with iambic pentameter that I can now recognize it when I hear it in conversation or a movie - it's like a weird, useless superpower.

I've spent so much time with iambic pentameter that I can now recognize it when I hear it in conversation or a movie - it's like a weird, useless superpower.

Ian Doescher

The iambic line, with its characteristic forward movement from short to long, or light to heavy, or unstressed to stressed, is the quintessential measure of English verse. James Fenton

You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally - your ears will know. Vikram Seth

The hardest part of writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' was probably the sheer amount of iambic pentameter and tiptoeing around certain scenes I knew would be hot-button issues for 'Star Wars' fans. Ian Doescher

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