Neil Simon


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

Died
August 26, 2018

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Marvin Neil Simon was an American playwright and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 plays and he received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer. He was 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: 3.91 · 37,219 ratings · 1,275 reviews · 59 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Odd Couple

4.04 avg rating — 14,117 ratings — published 1965 — 2 editions
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Barefoot in the Park

3.90 avg rating — 4,760 ratings — published 1963 — 15 editions
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Brighton Beach Memoirs

3.88 avg rating — 4,643 ratings — published 1984 — 14 editions
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Lost in Yonkers

3.87 avg rating — 3,760 ratings — published 1990 — 13 editions
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Biloxi Blues

3.83 avg rating — 1,189 ratings — published 1985 — 10 editions
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Rumors

3.94 avg rating — 1,119 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions
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Plaza Suite

3.62 avg rating — 966 ratings — published 1968 — 12 editions
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The Collected Plays, Vol. 1

4.22 avg rating — 449 ratings — published 1979
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Rewrites

4.21 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 1996 — 11 editions
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Chapter Two

3.74 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 1977 — 10 editions
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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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