an observer of my own life...

"I watched my life as if it were happening to someone else. My son died. And I was hurt, but I watched my hurt, and even relished it, a little, for now I could write a real death, a true loss. My heart was broken by my dark lady, and I wept, in my room, alone; but while I wept, somewhere inside I smiled..."

-Will Shakespeare from Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman Vol. 10: The Wake"

Dream:
I wanted a tale of graceful ends. I wanted a play about a king who ... leaves his kingdom .... About a man who turns his back on magic .... I am Prince of Stories, Will, but I have no story of my own. Nor shall I ever .... I thank you...
Shakespeare:
It is over...

-Will Shakespeare and Dream from Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman Vol. 10: The Wake"