James Goldman
James Goldman was an American Academy Award-winning screenwriter and playwright, and the brother of screenwriter and novelist William Goldman.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up primarily in Highland Park, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. He is most noted as the author of The Lion in Winter and author of the book for the stage musical Follies.
Goldman died from a heart attack in New York City, where he had lived for many years.
“You never loved anyone who loved you back.”
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“I've given up the looking glass; quicksilver has no sense of tact.”
James Goldman
“Nothing in life has any business being perfect.”
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“I even made poor Louis take me on Crusade. How's that for blasphemy? I dressed my maids as Amazons and rode bare-breasted halfway to Damascus. Louis had a seizure and I damn near died of windburn... but the troops were dazzled.”
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“I want Poetry and Power and the young men who create it.”
James Goldman
“John: "Poor John. Who says poor John? Don't everybody sob at once! My God, if I went up in flames there's not a living soul who'd pee on me to put the fire out!"Richard: "Let's strike a flint and see.”
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“I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. We know Henry knows, and Henry knows we know it. We're a knowledgeable family.”
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“Well, what family doesn't have its ups and downs?”
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“Give me a little peace.A little? Why so modest? How about eternal peace? Now, there's a thought.”
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“He came down from the North to Paris with a mind like Aristotle's and a form like mortal sin. We shattered the Commandments on the spot.”
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“Geoffrey: Why, you chivalric fool—as if the way one fell down mattered.Richard: When the fall is all there is, it matters.”
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“I've snapped and plotted all my life. There's no other way to be a king, alive and fifty all at the same time. ”
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