340 Quotes by William Goldman

I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more.

We have more than hope,” Buttercup said. “There is true love.

We are men of action, lies do not become us.

Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it, putting words on paper that have never been there in quite that way before.

I had two little daughters - I think they were 7 and 4 at the time - and I said, 'I'll write you a story. What do you want it to be about?' One of them said 'a princess' and the other one said 'a bride.' I said, 'That'll be the title.'

If you're going to abridge a book in the author's own words, you can't go sticking your own in.

If you think of human experience as a pie, then the wedge Hollywood is reflecting now is getting smaller and smaller.

Stephen King is one of my all-time heroes, so, of course, the pressure never lets up. Every second, you hope he'll like it. I remember getting a call from him after he read my script for 'Hearts in Atlantis.' He liked it. Talk about relief.

We had terrible trouble finding a Buttercup because she had to be so beautiful. We had all kinds of pretty girls come in, but they weren't this staggering thing.