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

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William Goldman
Age: 87 †
Born: 1931
Born: August 12
Died: 2018
Died: November 16
Novelist
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Screenwriter
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Highland Park
Illinois
S. Morgenstern
Harry Longbaugh
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Easiest
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I don't guess. I think. I ponder. I deduce. Then I decide. But I never guess.
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I don't like killing a girl, the Spaniard said. God does it all the time if it doesn't bother Him, don't let it worry you.
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Existence was really very simple when you did what you were told.
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The first morning after Westley's departure, Buttercup thought she was entitled to do nothing more than sit around moping and feeling sorry for herself. After all, the love of her life had fled, life had no meaning, how could you face the future, et cetera, et cetera.
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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.
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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.
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We’ll never survive!” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.
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