Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
I much prefer writing an original movie with the screen in mind to transferring a play to the screen. — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
I felt like writing about a time when I was probably, and I think all of us are, the happiest in our… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
I don’t like writing for comedians. I like writing for actors. The best comedians are the best actors. — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
I feel like writing about a time when I was probably, and think all of us are, the happiest before the obligations… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
[When you write a play] you walk into a forest without a knife, without a compass. But . . . if you… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
It's always painful when you're writing memoirs because you've got to go through the dark places, but it gives you a chance… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
I don't want to restrict the life of a play to a particular production. The original actors might leave after the first… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
Rewriting is when writing really gets to be fun. . . . In baseball you only get three swings and you're out.… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
Writers feel like a middleman, standing with pen in hand over the page. A force greater than me stands above telling me… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
“You're a witness. You're always standing around watching what's happening, scribbling in your book what other people do. You have to get… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
You get attached to the way you write, and I'm attached to notebooks. That's where I really write the plays. Just two… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
“I find that the writing of a memoir has two functions. One is to pass on, as much as you’re willing to… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
Talent is the gift plus the passion - a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it. — Neil Simon Copy Share
You get attached to the way you write, and I'm attached to notebooks. That's where I really write the plays. Just two or three… — Neil Simon Copy Share
“Never have so many given so much for so long for so little for so few for so seldom.” — Neil Simon Copy Share
Don't listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be… — Neil Simon Copy Share
Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all… — Neil Simon Copy Share
Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending. — Neil Simon Copy Share
Evan Handler's new book is simply wonderful. He pulls you inside his life, and you come out his very close friend. — Neil Simon Copy Share
The body of a young woman is God's greatest achievement...Of course, He could have built it to last longer but you can't have everything. — Neil Simon Copy Share
I don't like dating or just living with a woman. I like to create a relationship, a marriage. And almost all of my marriages… — Neil Simon Copy Share
People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new Mercedes? — Neil Simon Copy Share
I feel like writing about a time when I was probably, and think all of us are, the happiest before the obligations start in. — Neil Simon Copy Share
“You're a witness. You're always standing around watching what's happening, scribbling in your book what other people do. You have to get in the… — Neil Simon Copy Share
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