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Give the reader what they want, just not the way they expect it.

Give the reader what they want, just not the way they expect it.
– William Goldman

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  1. Ask for work. If they don’t give you work, ask for bread. If they do not give you work or bread, then take bread. – Emma Goldman
  2. Give us what belongs to us in peace, and if you don’t give it to us in peace, we will take it by force. – Emma Goldman
  3. Every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. – Marcel Proust
  4. [I]f the writer does his job right, what he basically does is remind the reader of how smart the reader is. – David Foster Wallace
  5. A writer fails, not when a reader is not moved; but when, as a reader, the writer is not moved. – Gerard de Marigny
  6. Funny thing- Morgenstern’s folk’s were named Max and Valerie and his father was a doctor. – William Goldman
  7. 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
  8. At 8:23 there seemed every chance of a lasting alliance starting between Florin and Guilder.At 8:24 the two nations were very close to war. – William Goldman
  9. When I was your age, television was called books. – William Goldman
  10. I would describe her more as a knitter than a doer. – William Goldman
  11. The Serpent, to my interpretation, was pain. – William Goldman
  12. Love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. – William Goldman
  13. The hollowness was in his arms and the world was snowing. – William Goldman
  14. The dweam of wuv wapped wiffin the gweater dweam of everwasting west. Eternity is our fwiend, wemember that, and wuv wiw fowwow you fowever. – William Goldman
  15. I know something you do not know. I am not left-handed either. – William Goldman
  16. I am as devoted to adventure now as then, and that’s never going to stop. – William Goldman
  17. We are men of action. Lies do not become us. – William Goldman
  18. You could concentrate much more deeply when you were alone with agony. – William Goldman
  19. Is this a kissing book? – William Goldman
  20. That’s all you need? Easy. I love you.Okay? Want it louder?I love you. Spell it out schould I l-o-v-e y-o-u. Want it backwards You love I. – William Goldman
  21. My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die! – William Goldman
  22. I’ve been in the revenge buisness for so long, now that it’s over I don’t know what to do with the rest of my life. – William Goldman
  23. It must have been fifty seconds before Doc died.Long time. – William Goldman
  24. Forgive my asking you to use your mind. It is a thing which no novelist should expect of his reader… – Owen Wister
  25. Give me meaning, give me soul. Give my rapture, wild, a heart that is raw. Give me a mind that thinks for itself and imagines freely. – Atalina Wright
  26. Never give up.Never give up on your hopes.Never give up on your dreams.Never give up on your visions. – Lailah Gifty Akita
  27. Old: Give me liberty or give me death. – New: Give me liberty or give me debt. – Orrin Woodward
  28. Give more, don’t expect not to be repaid. Give more thanks for what you haven’t expected but received! – Israelmore Ayivor
  29. Give a try; give a shot. Sometimes, you must not only expect the way to be too clear; strike when you can! – Israelmore Ayivor
  30. Theoretically speaking a good reader should also be a good learner, whatever the century and the place! – Carl William Brown
  31. There are two ways to avoid getting disappointed.Expect everything – or expect nothing. – Hasse Jerner
  32. Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be. – Thomas Jefferson
  33. Whatever you expect, you will get. So expect success, not regret. – Debasish Mridha
  34. Do not expect much from humans. Expect much more from God. – Lailah Gifty Akita
  35. You get what you expect in life.Expect great things in life.Live your best life. – Lailah Gifty Akita
  36. I don’t expect forgiveness.I only expect acceptance. – Anthony T Hincks
  37. Expect success, abundance, and happiness. You will attract only that which you expect. – Debasish Mridha
  38. Expect little, and we live up to the expectation. Expect a lot, and we stretch and grow to meet the expectation. – John StahlWert
  39. When you pray and hope for a change. Don’t expect a change to come. Expect the opportunity for a change to come. – Jonathan Anthony Burkett
  40. God does not expect of us what we cannot do, but He does expect what we can do. – Kristiane Backer

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