Neil Simon
Neil Simon
Marvin Neil Simonis an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He has written more than thirty plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly adaptations of his plays. He has received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth4 July 1927
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
book wonderful close-friends
Evan Handler's new book is simply wonderful. He pulls you inside his life, and you come out his very close friend.
beautiful sexy intelligent
Goldie Hawn is funny, sexy, beautiful, talented, intelligent, warm, and consistently sunny. Other than that, she doesn't impress me at all.
funny sarcastic party
Gee, what a terrific party. Later on we'll get some fluid and embalm each other.
art writing thinking
Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all the moments of your life.
way
Once you've opened yourself up, it's best to go all the way.
today chance bigs
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 rubbed out by today.
character play childhood
A lot of your personality is formed before you're 12, obviously, but only a few of my plays use characters from my childhood. The more mature plays are affected only by my adult experiences.
writing comedian actors
I don’t like writing for comedians. I like writing for actors. The best comedians are the best actors.
underestimate stimulation eccentricity
Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.
book writing firsts
The first book was my first attempt at writing full-length prose.
new-york interesting people
When its 100 degrees in New York, it's 72 in Los Angeles. When its 30 degrees in New York, in Los Angeles it's still 72. However, there are 6 million interesting people in New York, and only 72 in Los Angeles.
couple green oscars
I got brown sandwiches and green sandwiches. Its either very new cheese or very old meat. - Oscar Madison, from The Odd Couple
inspirational marriage wedding
Take care of him. And make him feel important. And if you can do that, you'll have a happy and wonderful marriage. Like two out of every ten couples.
motivational risk ifs
If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.