Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.

Talent is the gift plus the passion - a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it.

— Neil Simon

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

There's no such thing as a sure thing. That's why they call it gambling.

— Neil Simon

“Never have so many given so much for so long for so little for so few for so seldom.”

— Neil Simon

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

Once you've opened yourself up, it's best to go all the way.

— Neil Simon

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

Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending.

— Neil Simon

Evan Handler's new book is simply wonderful. He pulls you inside his life, and you come out his very close friend.

— Neil Simon

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

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

“[Y]ou're young. Young takes care of everything.”

— Neil Simon

People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new Mercedes?

— Neil Simon

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

“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