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Being a screenwriter is not enough for a full creative life.

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William Goldman
Age: 87 †
Born: 1931
Born: August 12
Died: 2018
Died: November 16
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Highland Park
Illinois
S. Morgenstern
Harry Longbaugh
Enough
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Creative

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I love you,” Buttercup said. “I know this must come as something of a surprise, since all I’ve ever done is scorn you and degrade you and taunt you, but I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more.
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He had risked his life and now it was walking away from him, hand-in-hand with a Ruffian prince.
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I am your Prince and you will marry me, Humperdinck said. Buttercup whispered, I am your servant and I refuse. I am you Prince and you cannot refuse. I am your loyal servant and I just did. Refusal means death. Kill me then.
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I write out of revenge.
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Westley: This is true love — you think this happens every day?
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And that's when she put her book down. And looked at me. And said it: Life isn't fair, Bill. we tell our children that it is, but it's a terrible thing to do. It's not only a lie, it's a cruel lie. Life is not fair, and it never has been, and it's never going to be.
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When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don't count-I mean something with print in it.
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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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Yes, I am a failed playwright. I had three shows on Broadway by the time I was 30. They all flopped, and I fled.
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Love is many things none of them logical.
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Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.
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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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Existence was really very simple when you did what you were told.
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Let me get this thing straight, Inigo--we had SCRAPS for dinner? I'M in YOUR fantasy and the best you can come up with is SCRAPS? She turned toward the door then. You have no chance of winning my heart.
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Flaws would not only bring death but, far worse, humiliation.
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Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.
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Since the invention of the kiss, there have only been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind.
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I am as devoted to adventure now as then, and that’s never going to stop.
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Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.
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Buttercup's mother whirled on him. 'Did you forget to pay your taxes?' (This was after taxes. But everything is after taxes. Taxes were here even before stew.)
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