Critic's Notebook: William Goldman represents the end of an era in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES - I was at a party a few days ago (it happens) and I ran into a pair of screenwriters I'm acquainted with. You'd know their names, both are accomplished enough to have Oscars in their resumes, but their conversation went something like this.
"So," says screenwriter A, "when did you get the memo?"
"The memo?" asks screenwriter B, starting to catch on.
"Yes, the memo that said we were out of the business."
For "the business," as people on
