Quotes by William Goldman

About William Goldman:

William Goldman is an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist, before turning to writing for film. He has won two Academy Awards for his screenplays, first for the western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and again for All the President's Men (1976), about journalists who broke the Watergate scandal of President Richard Nixon. Both films starred Robert Redford.
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This book says 'life isn't fair' and I'm telling you, one and all, you better believe it. I got a fat spoiled son�he's not gonna nab Miss Rheingold. And he's always gonna be fat, even if he gets skinny he'll still be fat and he'll still be spoiled ...

William Goldman

Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.

William Goldman

Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it. Putting words on paper that have never been there in quite that way before. And although you are physically by yourself, the haunting Demon never leaves you, that Demon being t...

William Goldman

Being a screenwriter is not enough for a full creative life.

William Goldman

But this is life on earth, you can't have everything.

William Goldman

Yes, I am a failed playwright. I had three shows on Broadway by the time I was 30. They all flopped, and I fled.

William Goldman

You can never trust what you read.

William Goldman

We are men of action, lies do not become us.

William Goldman

The easiest thing to do on earth is not write.

William Goldman

As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential.

William Goldman

One way an author dies a little each day is when his books go out of print.

William Goldman

There is one crucial rule that must be followed in all creative meetings. Never speak first. At least at the start, your job is to shut up.

William Goldman

Never argue with your wife about hostility when she's a certified Freudian.

William Goldman

I know something you do not know. I am not left-handed either.

William Goldman

Love is many things, none of them logical.

William Goldman

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William Goldman

I WANT DOMINGO MONTOYA YOU SON OF A BITCH!

William Goldman

Is this a kissing book?

William Goldman

Screenplays are structure, and that’s all they are. The quality of writing—which is crucial in almost every other form of literature—is not what makes a screenplay work. Structure isn’t anything else but telling the story, starting as late as...

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I write out of revenge.

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In Hollywood, no one knows anything.

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Author Bio

  • NameWilliam Goldman
  • DescriptionAmerican novelist, screenwriter and playwright
  • BornAugust 12, 1931
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist; Playwright; Screenwriter
  • WorksDread Pirate Roberts
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Writing (Original Screenplay); Writers Guild Of America Award