Editing William Goldman (section)

==Personal life==
He was married to Ilene Jones from 1961 until their divorce in 1991; the couple had two daughters, Jenny and Susanna.<ref>Bernstein, Adam. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/william-goldman-oscar-wining-screenwriter-of-butch-cassidy-and-all-the-presidents-men-dies-at-87/2018/11/16/db9afb16-e917-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html "William Goldman, Oscar-winning screenwriter of ‘Butch Cassidy’ and ‘All the President’s Men,’ dies at 87"] ''Washington Post'', November 16, 2018</ref> Ilene, a native of [[Texas]], modeled for [[Neiman Marcus]]; Ilene's brother was actor [[Allen Case]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Angela |date=August 26, 1973 |title=Fashions For Fall Looking Good on the Go |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70716FC3A59137A93C4AB1783D85F478785F9 |access-date=April 22, 2013 |website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 27, 1986 |title=RITES SCHEDULED FRIDAY FOR ENTERTAINER ALLEN CASE |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3CE968B6BBEB4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=April 22, 2013 |website=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=News bank}}</ref>

Goldman was survived by his partner of nineteen years, Susan Burden, his daughter, Jenny, and a grandson.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/16/william-goldman-obituary|title= William Goldman obituary- Hollywood screenwriter celebrated for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and his bestselling memoir Adventures in the Screen Trade|first=
Peter|last= Bradshaw|date=17 November 2018|access-date=10 October 2023}}</ref> His daughter, Susanna, died in 2015.

Goldman said that his favorite writers were [[Miguel de Cervantes]], [[Anton Chekhov]], [[Somerset Maugham]], [[Irwin Shaw]], and [[Leo Tolstoy]].<ref name="cnnchat">{{Cite interview |last=Goldman |first=William |title=Chat books |type=transcript |url=http://www.cnn.com/COMMUNITY/transcripts/william_goldman_chat.html |access-date=February 22, 2011 |work=[[CNN.com]] |date=December 1, 2001}}</ref>

He was a die-hard fan of the [[New York Knicks]], having held season tickets at [[Madison Square Garden]] for over 40 years. He contributed a writing section to [[Bill Simmons]]'s bestselling book about the history of the NBA, in which he discussed the career of [[Dave DeBusschere]].