William Goldman is an American novelist, playwright and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. He lives in New York City.
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“Studio executives are intelligent, brutally overworked men and women who share one thing in common with baseball managers: they wake up every morning of the world with the knowledge that sooner or later they're going to get fired.”
William Goldman
“One way an author dies a little each day is when his books go out of print.”
“I just don't want to get there and find out it stinks.”
“You can never trust what you read.”
“Nobody knows anything.”
“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.”
“To the pain.”
“But this is life on earth, you can't have everything.”
“Yes, I am a failed playwright. I had three shows on Broadway by the time I was 30. They all flopped, and I fled.”
“Being a screenwriter is not enough for a full creative life.”