William Goldman Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• When I was your age, television was called books.

  William Goldman

  Book, Age, Television

  William Goldman (1995). “William Goldman: Four Screenplays with Essays”, Hal Leonard Corporation

• 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. Beautifulest Ladies. Snakes. Spiders... Pain. Death. Brave men. Cowardly men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles.” “Sounds okay,” I said and I kind of closed my eyes.

  William Goldman

  Sports, Pain, Revenge

• When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don't count-I mean something with print in it.

  William Goldman

  Book, Mean, Lasts

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.127, A&C Black

• And that's when she put her book down. And looked at me. And said it: "Life isn't fair, Bill. we tell our children that it is, but it's a terrible thing to do. It's not only a lie, it's a cruel lie. Life is not fair, and it never has been, and it's never going to be.

  William Goldman

  Life, Children, Lying

• This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.

  William Goldman

  Book, World, My Favorite

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.11, A&C Black

• 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

  Book, Looks, World

• Chapter One. The Bride." He held up the book then. "I'm reading it to you for relax." He practically shoved the book in my face. "By S. Morgenstern. Great Florinese writer. The Princess Bride. He too came to America. S. Morgenstern. Dead now in New York. The English is his own. He spoke eight tongues." Here my father put down the book and held up all his fingers. "Eight. Once in Florin City...

  William Goldman

  New York, Father, Book

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.15, A&C Black

• It's one of my biggest memories of my father reading. I had pneumonia, remember, but I was a little better now, and madly caught up in the book, and one thing you know when you're ten is that, no matter what, there's gonna be a happy ending. They can sweat all they want to scare you, the authors, but back of it all you know, you just have no doubt, that in the long run justice is going to win out.

  William Goldman

  Running, Memories, Father

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.149, A&C Black

• Is this a kissing book?

  William Goldman

  Book, Princess, Kissing

  William Goldman (1995). “William Goldman: Four Screenplays with Essays”, Hal Leonard Corporation

• The Princess Bride S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure You had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone had a chance to read it.

  William Goldman

  Book, Princess, Adventure

  William Goldman (2007). “The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure”, p.29, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• One way an author dies a little each day is when his books go out of print.

  William Goldman

  Book, Littles, Way

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