340 Quotes by William Goldman

A sailor? A common sailor? A common ordinary seaman bests the great Inigo Montoya with the sword? In-con-ceiv-a-ble. He must be the Dread Pirate Roberts. Otherwise it makes no sense.

Why was it worth so much of your life?” “Because I could not fail him again.” “Fail who?” “My father.

Life is pain,” his mother said. “Anybody that says different is selling something.

I can live without love.” And with that she left Westley alone.

Hello,” he said. “My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

Inigo stood still a moment, panting. Then he made a half turn in the direction of Count Rugen and executed a quick and well-formed bow. “Hello,” he said. “My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

I guess the most amazing thing about crying though is that when you’re in it, you think it’ll go on forever but it never really lasts half what you think. Not in terms of real time. In terms of real emotions, it’s worse than you think, but not by the clock.

As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless – and absolutely essential.

The old man nodded. “Now I can die.” She glanced at him. “Don’t.” Her tone was surprisingly tender, and probably she sensed how important he really was to her, because when he did die, two years further on, she went right after, and most of the people who knew her well agreed it was the sudden lack of opposition that undid her.