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Neil Simon Quotes

«Don't listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today. Most important, don't listen when the little voice of fear inside you rears its ugly head and says. they all smarter than you out there. They're more talented, they're taller, blonder, prettier, luckier, and they 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 respects.»
«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.»
«I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far.»
Author: Neil Simon (Playwright) | About: Living
«I felt like writing about a time when I was probably, and I think all of us are, the happiest in our lives-before the obligations start in.»
Author: Neil Simon (Playwright) | About: Writing | Keywords: happiest, obligations
«If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.»
Author: Neil Simon (Playwright) | About: Painting | Keywords: floor, Michaelangelo, painted
«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.»
«If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.»
Author: Neil Simon (Playwright) | Keywords: experiencing
«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 failur»
«He's too nervous to kill himself. He wears his seat belt in a drive-in movie.»
Author: Neil Simon (Playwright) | Keywords: belt, drive in, seat belt
«People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new Mercedes?»
Author: Neil Simon (Playwright) | About: People | Keywords: disfavor, honorary, Mercedes

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