Quotes from William Goldman

i have come to terms with my life, and that is my affair - i am not cold, i swear, but i have decided certain things, it is best for me to ignore emotion; i have not been happy dealing with it.

He had risked his life and now it was walking away from him, hand-in-hand with a Ruffian prince.

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

The easiest thing to do on earth is not write…But this is life on earth, you can't have everything.

You have to protect your writing time. You have to protect it to the death.

If all that's going on in your scenes is what's going on in your scenes, think about it a long time.

I had two little daughters - I think they were 7 and 4 at the time - and I said, 'I'll write you a story. What do you want it to be about?' One of them said 'a princess' and the other one said 'a bride.' I said, 'That'll be the title.'

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

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

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

I love you. Okay? Want it louder? I LOVE YOU. Spell it out, should I? I ell-oh-vee-ee why-oh-you. Want it backward? You love I.

The easiest thing to do on earth is not write.

You can never trust what you read.

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.

I'll tell you the truth and its up to you to live with it.

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.

Love is many things, none of them logical.

Coming from where I came from, the Midwest, in the era I was born, the '30s, movies were glorious fun - Bette Davis dying or whatever. But whatever they were, they were not serious.

No more rhymes now I mean it!" "Anybody want a peanut?" "AAHH!

Never get involved in a land war in Asia.

I haven't done much rereading or rewatching stuff I've written over the years, but I did look at 'Misery' before I started the play. I liked it. Not much I would change.

Mawwage. Mawwage is what bwings us together today.

We had terrible trouble finding a Buttercup because she had to be so beautiful. We had all kinds of pretty girls come in, but they weren't this staggering thing.

Stephen King is one of my all-time heroes, so, of course, the pressure never lets up. Every second, you hope he'll like it. I remember getting a call from him after he read my script for 'Hearts in Atlantis.' He liked it. Talk about relief.