Come Blow Your Horn Quotes

“CONNIE: You don’t even have to say you love me. And when you get bored, just kick me out and give me a letter of recommendation.”
― Neil Simon, Come Blow Your Horn

“(The phone rings. He jumps up)
PEGGY: Are you expecting anyone?
BUDDY: Me? No! No! (It rings again, angrily) No, I’ll get it. I’ll get it. (He crosses to phone quickly and picks it up. Into phone) Hello!. . . Dad!!!. . . I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to yell. . . What? . . . now? . . . Look, Dad, I’ll come downstairs, okay? . . . Dad? . . . Dad? . . . Oh, boy! (He hangs up)
PEGGY: Is anything wrong?
BUDDY: What? Oh, yeah... It’s... it’s someone I don’t want to see... A writer. . .
PEGGY: Dad? It sounded like it was your father.
BUDDY: Oh! Oh, no. That’s just a nickname. Dad. You know, like Ernest Hemingway is Poppa.”
― Neil Simon, Come Blow Your Horn