26 ordspråk av William Goldman
William Goldman
Anyway, here's the "good parts" version. S. Morgenstern wrote it. And my father read it to me. And now I give it to you. What you do with it will be of more than passing interest to us all.
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As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless -- and absolutely essential.
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Being a screenwriter is not enough for a full creative life.
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But this is life on earth, you can't have everything.
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Fact: "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" is, no question, the most popular thing I've ever been connected with. When I die, if the Times gives me an obit, it's going to be because of Butch.
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I have always liked it, it is still my favorite book. I do not like my writing, but I like this book. . . . I wish I liked my own writing more, but like all of us, I am trapped inside my own skin.
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I just don't want to get there and find out it stinks.
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I went back to my lounge chair. Alone.
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Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.
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Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.
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Never argue with your wife about hostility when she's a certified Freudian.
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Nobody knows anything.
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One way an author dies a little each day is when his books go out of print.
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Sonny, true love is the greatest thing, in the world -- except for a nice MLT -- mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is lean and the tomato is ripe.
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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.
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