William Goldman
William Goldman
William Goldmanis 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 Kidand again for All the President's Men, about journalists who broke the Watergate scandal of President Richard Nixon. Both films starred Robert Redford...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth12 August 1931
CityHighland Park, IL
CountryUnited States of America
William Goldman quotes about
True love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops.
I’ll tell you the truth and its up to you to live with it.
Inside and out, Westley's world was ripping apart and he could do nothing but crack along with it.
Flaws would not only bring death but, far worse, humiliation.
Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
The Duchess set about studying Annette and shortly found her adversary's tragic flaw. Chocolate.
Yes, I am a failed playwright. I had three shows on Broadway by the time I was 30. They all flopped, and I fled.
I know something you do not know. I am not left-handed either.
You are wonderful, Father.""I'm more than wonderful, how dare you insult me.
Nobody knows anything.
I have stayed these years in my hovel because of you. I have taught myself languages because of you. I have made my body strong because I thought you might be pleased by a strong body. I have lived my life with only the prayer that some sudden dawn you might glance in my direction. I have not known a moment in years when the sight of you did not send my heart careening against my rib cage. I have not known a night when your visage did not accompany me to sleep. There has not been a morning when you did not flutter behind my waking eyelids.