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William Goldman

William Goldman (born August 12, 1931) 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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True love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops.

Cough, Drops, Healing, Sweet Love, True Love, World

Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.

Death, Fair, Life, Sad

There is no room in my body for anything but you.

Body, Buttercup, Room, Rooms

I write out of revenge.

Revenge, Write, Writing

No. Not yet. A craftsman only. But I dream to be an artist. I pray that someday, if I work with enough care, if I am very very lucky, I will make a weapon that is a work of art. Call me an artist then, and I will answer.

Art, Craftsman, Dream, Lucky, Someday

Everyone had told her, since she became a princess-in-training, that she was very likely the most beautiful woman in the world. Now she was going to be the richest and the most powerful as well. Don't expect too much from life, Buttercup told herself as she rode along. Learn to be satisfied with what you have.

Beautiful, Everyone, Expect, Powerful, Princess, Told

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.

Creative, Crucial, Firsts, Followed, Jobs, Shut

The enemy is always in the mind.

Enemy, Mind

Buttercup's mother whirled on him. 'Did you forget to pay your taxes?' (This was after taxes. But everything is after taxes. Taxes were here even before stew. )

Forget, Mother, Pay, Stew

I am as devoted to adventure now as then, and that’s never going to stop.

Adventure, Devoted, Stop

We’ll never survive!” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.

Doubt, Nonsense, Optimism, Optimistic, Saying, Survive

You don't want to be rude but you have to be careful - there are a lot of strange people out there. (Goldman attributes this quote to Cliff Robertson. )

Cliff, People, Rude, Strange, Want

Existence was really very simple when you did what you were told.

Existence, Simple, Told

The hollowness was in his arms and the world was snowing.

Arms, Hollowness, Inspirational, Snow, World

There are always too few perfect breasts in this world; leave yours alone.

Breasts, Leave, Perfect, This World, World

Someone would have to keep his wits, and he had assumed automatically that since Fezzik had so few, he would find retaining them not all that difficult.

Difficult, Fezzik, Keep, Retaining, Wit

And that's when she put her book down. And looked at me. And said it: "Life isn't fair, Bill. we tell our children that it is, but it's a terrible thing to do. It's not only a lie, it's a cruel lie. Life is not fair, and it never has been, and it's never going to be.

Book, Children, Life, Lying, Tell, Thing

Tr. . . ooooo. . . luv. . . ' Fezzik grabbed onto Inigo in panic and they both pivoted, staring at the man in black, who was silent again. '"True love," he said,' Inigo cried. 'You heard him - true love is what he wants to come back for. That's certainly worthwhile. ' 'Sonny, don't you tell me what's worthwhile - true love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. Everybody knows that.

Black, Grabbed, Love Is, Men, Sonny, Thing

Fool!" cried the hunchback. "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia,' but only slightly less well known is this: 'Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

Classic, Fell, Fool, Land, Slightly, War

Let me get this thing straight, Inigo--we had SCRAPS for dinner? I'M in YOUR fantasy and the best you can come up with is SCRAPS?" She turned toward the door then. "You have no chance of winning my heart.

Doors, Heart, Scraps, Thing, Toward, Winning

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