If all that's going on in your scenes is what's going on in your scenes, think about it a long time.

If all that's going on in your scenes is what's going on in your scenes, think about it a long time.

William Goldman

Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.

Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.

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

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

Who says life is fair, where is that written?

Who says life is fair, where is that written?

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

You have to protect your writing time. You have to protect it to the death.

You have to protect your writing time. You have to protect it to the death.

When I was your age, television was called books.

When I was your age, television was called books.

I’ll tell you the truth and its up to you to live with it.

I’ll tell you the truth and its up to you to live with it.

I write out of revenge.

I write out of revenge.

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

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

But when a girl gives a boy a dead squid - that had to mean something.

But when a girl gives a boy a dead squid - that had to mean something.

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

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

It’s an accepted fact that all writers are crazy, even the normal ones are weird.

It’s an accepted fact that all writers are crazy, even the normal ones are weird.

Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.

Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.

I don't guess. I think. I ponder. I deduce. Then I decide. But I never guess.

I don't guess. I think. I ponder. I deduce. Then I decide. But I never guess.

One of the easiest things in the world is not to write... If it were easy, everyone would do it.

One of the easiest things in the world is not to write... If it were easy, everyone would do it.

Life is difficult.
Anyone who says different is
trying to sell you something.

Life is difficult. Anyone who says different is trying to sell you something.

Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.

Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.

A good writer is not someone who knows how to write- but how to rewrite

A good writer is not someone who knows how to write- but how to rewrite