People Sit on Chairs/Quotes

"Director: Let's start right at the beginning, shall we? What's the word... what's the wonder, I wonder, that Shakespeare decides to begin his sentence with here?

Drama Student: Uhh... "time", that's the first word.

Director: "Time".

Drama Student: Yeah.

Director: "Time".

Drama Student: ...Yeah.

Director: And how does Shakespeare decide to spell it, Hugh?

[beat]

Drama Student: T-I-M-E.

Director: T-I...?

Drama Student: M.

Director: M-E!

Drama Student: Yeah.

Director: And what sort of spelling of the word "time" is that?

Drama Student: ...Well, it's the ordinary spelling.

Director: It's the ordinary spelling, isn't it, it's the conventional spelling. So why, out of all the spellings he could have chosen, did Shakespeare choose that one, do you think?"

- Cambridge Footlights 1981 revue

""I sit in the chair and think about the word chair. It can also mean the leader of a meeting. It can also mean a mode of execution. It is the first syllable in charity. It is the French word for flesh. None of these facts has any connection with the others.""

- The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood