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Neil Simon
9 quotes
“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.”
Neil Simon (1927–2018) first seen 1963 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mother, in Barefoot in the Park (1963); cited from The Collected Plays of Neil Simon (New York: New American Library, 1986) vol. 1, p. 207
“And so she lived ... hopefully ... ever after.”
Neil Simon (1927–2018) first seen 1966 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sweet Charity (1966); cited from The Collected Plays of Neil Simon (New York: Random House, 1991) vol. 3, p. 113
“Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.”
Neil Simon (1927–2018) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interviewed in Newsweek, (2 February 1970)
“You're welcome to take a bath. You look like the second week of the garbage strike.”
Neil Simon (1927–2018) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Evy, in The Gingerbread Lady (1970); cited from The Collected Plays of Neil Simon (New York: Random House, 1971) vol. 2, p. 76
“If I had to make one comparison, I'd say that when it's five below in New York, it's 78 in Los Angeles, and when it's 110 in New York, it's 78 in Los Angeles; but there are 2,000,000 interesting people in New York–and only 78 in Los Angeles. There may be a hell of a lot more, but it's hard to find them.”
Neil Simon (1927–2018) first seen 1979 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Playboy Interview: Neil Simon, (February 1979)
“People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new Mercedes?”
Neil Simon (1927–2018) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: New York Times, June 4, 1984.
“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.”
Neil Simon (1927–2018) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The New York Times (March 24, 1985)
“A writer without confidence is like a metaphor without something to compare itself to.”
Neil Simon (1927–2018) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rewrites (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996) p. 105
“If you can go through life without ever experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet. And if you've gone through pain and think you know exactly why, you haven't examined all the options.”
Neil Simon (1927–2018) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Play Goes On (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999) p. 260