I don't like losing the words, as you have to, when I'm asked to turn a play into a movie. It's not a matter of ego . . . I'm just better able to create the character for an audience… — 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 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 or three… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as a sure thing. That's why they call it gambling. — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
“Never have so many given so much for so long for so little for so few for so seldom.” — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending. — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new Mercedes? — 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 start in. — 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 in the… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
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