RIP William Goldman
Twenty years ago, I had the extraordinary privilege of meeting the screenwriter William Goldman, who passed away today. His death reminded me of the generosity and respect he afforded a completely green writer and left me with that sense of loss from what could have been. I don’t even remember what prompted me to write to him. During my studies at Oberlin College, I’d written a screenplay which sparked a desire to pursue filmmaking as a career. I’d been using the Alumni datab