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Neil Simon Quotes

1927–2018 United States

Marvin Neil Simon (4 July 1927 – 26 August 2018) was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his comedies.

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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.

A writer without confidence is like a metaphor without something to compare itself to.

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.

Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.

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

You're welcome to take a bath. You look like the second week of the garbage strike.

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.

And so she lived ... hopefully ... ever after.

Sweet Charity (1966)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Neil Simon (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.