William Goldman

Screenwriter, Novelist

William Goldman was a celebrated American author and screenwriter known for his sharp wit and impactful works like 'The Princess Bride' and 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'.

Born
August 12, 1931
Quotes
151
Rank
#1529

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"Let's look on the bright side: we're having an adventure, Fezzik, and most people live and die without being as lucky as we are."

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"For you see each day I love you more today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow. Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited."

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"Dummy, dummy, go out now and fill your tummy."

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"You're an enemy of art and I pity your ignorance," Domingo said."

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"Mawidge is a dweam wiffin a dweam. The dweam of wuv wapped wiffin the gweater dweam of everwasting west. Eternity is our fwiend, wemember that, and wuv wiw fowwow you fowever."

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"There’s death coming up, and you better understand this:some of the wrong people die.Be ready for it."

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"The Countess was considerably younger than her husband. All of her clothes came from Paris (this was after Paris) and she had superb taste. (This was after taste too, but only just. And since it was such a new thing, and since the Countess was the only lady in all Florin to posses it, is it any wonder she was the leading hostess in the land?)"

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"Liar! Liar!" shrieked suddenly from the now open trap door. Miracle Max whirled. "Back, Witch--" he commanded. "I'm not a witch, I'm your wife--" she was advancing on him now, an ancient tiny fury--"and after what you've just done I don't think I want to be that any more--"

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"You are wonderful, Father.""I'm more than wonderful, how dare you insult me."

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"But when a girl gives a boy a dead squid - that had to mean something."

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"Life is difficult. Anyone who says different is trying to sell you something."

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