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William Goldman
American
Novelist
Born:
Aug 12
,
1931
Done
Life
Time
Words
Work
You
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Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.
William Goldman
Life
You
Pain
Tells
Something
Selling
Anyone
Who
Differently
The easiest thing to do on earth is not write.
William Goldman
Earth
Easiest
Easiest Thing
Write
Thing
But this is life on earth, you can't have everything.
William Goldman
Life
You
Everything
Earth
There's only three movies I've been involved with in my whole life that I really care about. 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' was one, and 'Princess Bride' was the second, and 'Hearts in Atlantis' is the third.
William Goldman
Life
Care
Three
Kid
Sundance
About
Only
Involved
Princess
Been
Hearts
Movies
Really
Bride
Whole
Butch
Second
Third
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
Time
Three
Playwright
Broadway
Had
Failed
Am
Yes
Shows
By The Time
Never argue with your wife about hostility when she's a certified Freudian.
William Goldman
Wife
About
Argue
Never
Hostility
She
Your
Certified
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.
William Goldman
Hope
You
Remember
Heroes
Pressure
King
Every
Relief
All-Time
About
Never
He
Stephen King
Like
Liked
Talk
Call
Him
Read
Course
Up
Hearts
Getting
After
Script
Lets
Second
Every Second
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.
William Goldman
Beautiful
Girl
Trouble
Finding
Kinds
Pretty
Pretty Girls
Had
Come
She
Terrible
Because
Were
Staggering
Thing
I don't want the power. When a project is given to me, and I say yes, I'm gonna oblige everybody who has the power to try to make it work.
William Goldman
Work
Me
Try
Power
Everybody
Project
Say
Given
Oblige
Make
Yes
Want
Gonna
Who
One of my great breaks is I have only done work I wanted to do.
William Goldman
Work
Great
Only
Done
Wanted
Breaks
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