Neil Simon





Neil Simon

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

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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.


Average rating: 3.83 · 13,782 ratings · 338 reviews · 57 distinct works · Similar authors
The Odd Couple
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 5,580 ratings — published 1965 — 8 editions
Brighton Beach Memoirs
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,633 ratings — published 1984 — 11 editions
Lost in Yonkers
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 1,275 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions
Barefoot in the Park
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 1,271 ratings — published 1963 — 8 editions
Biloxi Blues
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 495 ratings — published 1985 — 7 editions
Rumors
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions
Plaza Suite
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 1969 — 10 editions
The Collected Plays, Vol. 1
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 1979
Rewrites
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions
The Good Doctor
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1973 — 4 editions
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Brighton Beach Memoirs Biloxi Blues DN Broadway Bound
Eugene (3 books)
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3.7490057445868317 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 2,263 ratings

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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

“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

“Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.”
Neil Simon

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