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I think that scripts should be published, but they are published, really, because when you're a screenwriter, your stuff ends up in samizdat form on thousands and thousands of desks and shelves across the industry.
William Monahan
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William Monahan
Age: 63
Born: 1960
Born: November 3
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Massachusetts
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