Sunday, November 18, 2018

Quote File/Take 12


Some lines from the screenplays of William Goldman:

"The future's all yours, ya lousy bicycles!"

  Paul Newman 
  in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"

"I thought everyone knew that God was a 

  Scotsman."
  Sean Connery
  in "A Bridge Too Far"

"What I wouldn't give for a holocaust cloak."

  Cary Elwes
  in "The Princess Bride"

"Do you want my signed confession now, 

  or after coffee?"
  Clint Eastwood to Ed Harris
  in "Absolute Power"

"Nothing much surprises me anymore, except 

  what people do to each other."
  Burt Reynolds
  in "Heat"

"If you want to understand me, watch my movies."

  Robert Downey Jr.
  in "Chaplin"
William Goldman
(1931-2018)