Sure it hurts, but if you love someone, you forgive them. Somethings you forgive, somethings you never forgive.” Kate
—Neil Simon
Wisdom doesn’t come with age. Wisdom comes with wisdom.
—Neil Simon
Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.
—Neil Simon
Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you still don’t know the ending.
—Neil Simon
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
Topics: Self-Discovery
Don’t listen to those who say, “It’s not done that way.” Maybe it’s not, but maybe you will. Don’t listen to those who say, “You’re taking too big a chance.” Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today. Most importantly, don’t listen when the little voice of fear inside of you rears its ugly head and says, “They’re all smarter than you out there. They’re more talented, they’re taller, blonder, prettier, luckier and have connections … ” I firmly believe that if you follow a path that interests you, not to the exclusion of love, sensitivity, and cooperation with others, but with the strength of conviction that you can move others by your own efforts, and do not make success or failure the criteria by which you live, the chances are you’ll be a person worthy of your own respect.
—Neil Simon
Topics: Respect, Risk, Being True to Yourself
Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It’s almost a form of medication- an investigation of my own life. It has nothing to do with “I’ve got to get another play.”
—Neil Simon
Topics: Meditation
People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new Mercedes?
—Neil Simon
There’s no such thing as a sure thing. That’s why they call it gambling.
—Neil Simon
A writer without confidence is like a metaphor without something to compare itself to.
—Neil Simon
Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn’t count.
—Neil Simon
Topics: Money
Never have so many given so much for so long for so little for so few for so seldom.
—Neil Simon
Wondering Whom to Read Next?
- Ben Hecht American Screenwriter
- Carl Reiner American Comedian
- William Saroyan American Playwright, Novelist
- William Goldman Hollywood Screenwriter
- Moss Hart American Playwright
- Arthur Miller American Playwright
- Eugene O’Neill American Playwright
- Edward Albee American Playwright
- Tim Robbins American Actor, Director
- Dustin Hoffman American Actor
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