Quotes by William Goldman

“Is it safe?”

“Screenplays are structure, and thats all they are. The quality of writingwhich is crucial in almost every other form of literatureis not what makes a screenplay work. Structure isnt anything else b...”

“Westley: This is true love — you think this happens every day?”

“Do you love me, Westley? Is that it?’ He couldn’t believe it. ‘Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches. If your love were—‘ ‘I don’t understand...”

“We’ll never survive!” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.”

“I’m going to tell you something once and then whether you die is strictly up to you," Westley said, lying pleasantly on the bed. "What I’m going to tell you is this: drop your sword, and if you do,...”

“He held up a book then. “I'm going to read it to you for relax.”“Does it have any sports in it?”“Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True Love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Be...”

“I understand everything,” he said.“You understand nothing, but it really doesn’t matter, since what you mean is, you’re glad to see me, just as I’m glad to see you because no more loneliness.”“That...”

“I am as devoted to adventure now as then, and that’s never going to stop.”

“It must have been fifty seconds before Doc died.Long time.”

“Is it safe?”

“Screenplays are structure, and that’s all they are. The quality of writing—which is crucial in almost every other form of literature—is not what makes a screenplay work. Structure isn’t anything el...”