Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all.

— William Goldman

Life is pain. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something.

— William Goldman

Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.

— William Goldman

Look. (Grown-ups skip this paragraph) I'm not about to tell you this book has a tragic ending. I already said in the very first line how it was my favorite in all the world. But there's a lot of bad stuff coming.

— William Goldman

Love is many things, none of them logical.

— William Goldman

Love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops.

— William Goldman

May my hands fall from my wrists before I kill an artist like yourself," said the man in black. "I would as soon destroy da Vinci. However,"—and here he clubbed Iñigo's head with the butt of his sword—"since I can't have you following me either, please understand that I hold you in the highest respect.

— William Goldman

My name is Iñigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!

— William Goldman

Nobody knows anything...... Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're lucky, an educated one.

— William Goldman

No. Not yet. A craftsman only. But I dream to be an artist. I pray that someday, if I work with enough care, if I am very, very lucky, I will make a weapon that is a work of art. Call me an artist then, and I will answer.

— William Goldman