I don’t like writing for comedians. I like writing for actors. The best comedians are the best actors.

- Neil Simon

Rewriting is when writing really gets to be fun. . . . In baseball you only get three swings and you're out. In rewriting, you get almost as many swi…

- Neil Simon

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…

- Neil Simon

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

- Neil Simon

Give your mind a chance to travel through foreign languages.

- Neil Simon

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

- Neil Simon

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

- Neil Simon

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.

- Neil Simon

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