William Goldman Professions : Novelist Born : August 12, 1931 Browse All Authors Top 164 quotes by William Goldman Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it. Putting words on paper that have never been there in quite that way before. And although you are physically by yourself, the haunting Demon never leaves you, that Demon being the knowledge of your own terrible limitations, your hopeless inadequacy, the impossibility of ever getting it right. No matter how diamond-bright your ideas are dancing in your brain, on paper they are earthbound. William Goldman dancing writing ideas Nobody knows anything...... Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're lucky, an educated one. William Goldman motion-pictures lucky fields Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high. William Goldman princess wall heart A good writer is not someone who knows how to write- but how to rewrite William Goldman know-how good-writers writing Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches. William Goldman soulmate love beach One of the easiest things in the world is not to write... If it were easy, everyone would do it. William Goldman easy writing world It’s an accepted fact that all writers are crazy, even the normal ones are weird. William Goldman normal crazy facts "We’ll never survive!” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has." William Goldman optimism optimistic doubt Anything there is that I can do for you, I will do for you; anything there is that I cannot do, I will learn to do. William Goldman i-can can-do You have to protect your writing time. You have to protect it to the death. William Goldman protect writing True love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. William Goldman true-love sweet-love healing Love is many things none of them logical. William Goldman princess-bride logical love He held up a book then. “I'm going to read it to you for relax.” “Does it have any sports in it?” “Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True Love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest Ladies. Snakes. Spiders... Pain. Death. Brave men. Cowardly men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles.” “Sounds okay,” I said and I kind of closed my eyes. William Goldman pain revenge sports I've been saying it so long to you, you just wouldn't listen. Every time you said 'Farm Boy do this' you thought I was answering 'As you wish' but that's only because you were hearing wrong. 'I love you' was what it was, but you never heard. William Goldman love-you boys long When I was your age, television was called books. William Goldman age book television Who says life is fair, where is that written? William Goldman princes-bride princess-bride life-is Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all. William Goldman sad life death Cynics are simply thwarted romantics. William Goldman 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. William Goldman lucky dream art Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while. William Goldman delay movie-love romantic Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors
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