"People prefer their poets dead. If they're dead, they can't turn up drunk."     
-Peter Forbes, editor of Poetry Review, explains the renewed interest in Ted Hughes

When asked why Shakespeare's birthday was not listed in the Royal Shakespeare''s calendar, a spokesperson said:"'
"There have been thousands of famous people throughout history. We simply cannot include everyone."

"The only completely consistent people are the dead."
- Aldous Huxley

"SAINT, n. A dead sinner revised and edited."
-from Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary