History Creator / WilliamGoldman

* SweaterGirl: In ''Magic'', the narrator flashbacks about seeing his love interest in a sweater and being aroused for the first time in his life.

* ''Film/AbsolutePower'' (screenplay)

* ShockAndSwitchEnding: At the end of ''The Color of Light,'' the protagonist (Chubb) has decided to accept his relationship with his girlfriend for what it is, only to learn from an offhand remark of hers that [[spoiler:the homeless girl Chubb was letting stay in his apartment didn't kill herself by jumping out of the window; rather, his girlfriend probably pushed her]]. In ''Brothers,'' after saving the world, Scylla reunites with his brother, who has been mourning him for years after his assumed death. Then, when he sees a photo of his brother's wife, he [[spoiler:recognizes her as the woman he killed earlier that day as part of the mission]].

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His novels include ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'', ''Marathon Man'', and ''Magic'' (all three of which have been subsequently adapted for film with screenplays by Goldman himself). His other screenplays include a number of adaptations of novels by other authors, as well as based-on-true stories including ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid'', ''Film/ABridgeTooFar'', and ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen''.

He has also written a number of books on the writing process and the Hollywood business, from the POV of an author, complete with useful advice; these include ''Adventures in the Screen Trade'' and ''Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade''. Additionally, in 1968 he wrote ''The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway'', which not only reviewed every show on Broadway of that year, but the patterns that theater was taking, the impact of the Great White Way on New York City itself, and many other such topics. He managed to offhandedly predict what Broadway would turn into in a few years.

William Goldman (August 12, 1931 - November 15, 2018) was a famous American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and Hollywood script doctor.

BFF of Creator/StephenKing. Not to be confused with [[Literature/LordOfTheFlies William Golding.]]

Famous also for coining the phrase "Nobody knows anything". His SignatureStyle includes SelfDeprecation (as a writer, as a Jewish man, as a member of the Hollywood movie machine), humorous asides to the readers, and long and convoluted sentences thanks to StreamOfConsciousness.

William Goldman (born August 12, 1931) is a famous American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and Hollywood script doctor.

->“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. And although you are physically by yourself, the haunting Demon never leaves you, that Demon being the knowledge of your own terrible limitations, your hopeless inadequacy, the impossibility of ever getting it right. No matter how diamond-bright your ideas are dancing in your brain, on paper they are earthbound.”

Born on August 12, 1931, William Goldman is a famous American screenwriter, novelist and Hollywood script doctor.

Born on (born August 12, 1931), Goldman is a famous American screenwriter, novelist and Hollywood script doctor.

Born in 1931, Goldman is a famous American screenwriter, novelist and Hollywood script doctor.

He has also written a number of books on the writing process and the Hollywood business, from the POV of an author, complete with useful advice. Additionally, in 1968 he wrote ''The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway'', which not only reviewed every show on Broadway of that year, but the patterns that theater was taking, the impact of the Great White Way on New York City itself, and many other such topics. He managed to offhandedly predict what Broadway would turn into in a few years.

Born in 1931, Goldman is a famous American screenwriter, novelist and Hollywood script doctor. His works include:
* ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid''
* ''Film/ABridgeTooFar''
* ''Film/{{Harper}}''
* ''Magic'', a quirky novel made into a movie starring a very young AnthonyHopkins.
* ''Film/MarathonMan'' -- original novel (and its sequel ''Brothers'') and screenplay.
* ''TheStepfordWives'' (screenplay for the original film based on the novel by Creator/IraLevin)
* ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'' (which won him the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Adapted Screenplay)
* ''Adventures in the Screen Trade''
* ''Literature/ThePrincessBride''. Both the original book and the screenplay for [[Film/ThePrincessBride the movie]].
* ''Film/{{Misery}}''
* ''Film/MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan''
* ''Film/{{Maverick}}''
* ''Film/TheGhostAndTheDarkness''
* ''Film/AbsolutePower''
* ''Film/TheGeneralsDaughter''
* ''Literature/HeartsInAtlantis''
* ''Literature/{{Dreamcatcher}}''

* ''TheStepfordWives'' (screenplay for the original film based on the novel by Ira Levin)

* ''ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid''

* ''{{Harper}}''

* ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'' (which won him the AcademyAward for Adapted Screenplay)

BFF of Creator/StephenKing.