Adventures in the Screen Trade

Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting is a 1983 book about Hollywood written by American novelist and screenwriter William Goldman. The title is a parody of Dylan Thomas's Adventures in the Skin Trade.

Quotes

 * NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING. Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess&mdash;and, if you're lucky, an educated one.
 * Chapter One: The Powers That Be