Neil Simon

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July 04, 1927 in New York, NY, The United States

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Marvin Neil Simon is an American playwright and screenwriter. He is one of the most reliable hitmakers in Broadway history, as well as one of the most performed playwrights in the world. Though primarily a comic writer, some of his plays, particularly the Eugene Trilogy and The Sunshine Boys, reflect on the twentieth century Jewish-American experience.

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Average rating: 3.75 · 7,450 ratings · 257 reviews · 53 distinct works

	The Odd Couple 3.87 avg rating — 2,374 ratings — published 1965 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Brighton Beach Memoirs 3.72 avg rating — 1,014 ratings — published 1984 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Lost in Yonkers 3.68 avg rating — 711 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Barefoot in the Park 3.68 avg rating — 641 ratings — published 1964 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Biloxi Blues 3.68 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Rumors 3.93 avg rating — 299 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Plaza Suite 3.50 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 1969 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Collected Plays, Vol. 1 4.02 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 1979	My rating:
	The Good Doctor 3.62 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 1973 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Rewrites 4.09 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	My rating:

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“Don't listen to those who say, you are 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 are 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.”
― Neil Simon

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“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

tags: life , living

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“Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.”
― Neil Simon

tags: humor , life

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