Neil Simon ,quotes

Writers feel like a middleman,...

Writers feel like a middleman, standing with pen in hand over the page. A force greater than me stands above telling me what to write. That may sound romantic, but that's how it feels.

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I don't want to restrict the l...

I don't want to restrict the life of a play to a particular production. The original actors might leave after the first six months, and I want the play to last 30 or 40 years. You write for the character, not the actor on the stage.

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I go to see plays all the time...

I go to see plays all the time, and whenever I see Chekhov, I'm amazed at how this Russian play strikes home to me living 100 years later in New York City. I'm drawn to him because of his way with characters and their relationships with each other.

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I much prefer writing an origi...

I much prefer writing an original movie with the screen in mind to transferring a play to the screen.

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I don't like losing the words,...

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 through words rather than through actions.

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I never write a play with an e...

I never write a play with an eye to film.

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A lot of your personality is f...

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.

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It's always painful when you'r...

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 to find out the person you really are, not the person you thought you were.

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Once you've opened yourself up...

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

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I understand. You work very ha...

I understand. You work very hard two days a week and you need a five-day weekend. That's normal.

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Never underestimate the stimul...

Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.

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Talent is the gift plus the pa...

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

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It looks different when you're...

It looks different when you're sober; I thought I had twice as much furniture.

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Writing is an escape from a wo...

Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation- an investigation of my own life.

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Gee, what a terrific party. La...

Gee, what a terrific party. Later on we'll get some fluid and embalm each other.

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He's too nervous to kill himse...

He's too nervous to kill himself. He wears his seat belt in a drive-in movie.

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I love living. I have some pro...

I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far.

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If you can go through life wit...

If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.

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If no one ever took risks, Mic...

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

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Take care of him. And make him...

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.

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