Neil Simon
Born 4 July 1927 · Died 26 August 2018
From The Bronx, New York, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction
Marvin Neil Simon was an American playwright and screenwriter.
He wrote more than forty Broadway plays, including Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, The Out-of-Towners, and Lost in Yonkers. He received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer. Simon 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.
Quotes
“Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.”
Interviewed in Newsweek, 2 February 1970 “You’re welcome to take a bath. You look like the second week of the garbage strike.”
p. 76 “People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new Mercedes?”
New York Times, June 4, 1984. “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.”
The New York Times March 24, 1985 “A writer without confidence is like a metaphor without something to compare itself to.”
p. 105
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Books by Neil Simon in order
Books by Neil Simon in the order they were published, from Come Blow Your Horn (1961) to The Dinner Party (2000).
- 1Come Blow Your Horn
Come Blow Your Horn1961 - 2Barefoot in the Park
Barefoot in the Park1964 - 3The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple1965 - 4The Star Spangled GirlThe Star Spangled Girl1967
- 5Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Last of the Red Hot Lovers1969 - 6Plaza Suite
Plaza Suite1969 - 7The Comedy of Neil Simon
The Comedy of Neil Simon1971 - 8The Prisoner of Second Avenue
The Prisoner of Second Avenue1972 - 9The Sunshine Boys
The Sunshine Boys1973 - 10The Good Doctor
The Good Doctor1974 - 11God's Favorite
God's Favorite1975 - 12California Suite
California Suite1977 - 13Chapter Two
Chapter Two1978 - 14I Ought to Be in Pictures
I Ought to Be in Pictures1980 - 15Fools
Fools1981 - 16Brighton Beach Memoirs
Brighton Beach Memoirs1984 - 17Biloxi Blues
Biloxi Blues1985 - 18Broadway Bound
Broadway Bound1987 - 19Rumors a Farce
Rumors a Farce1990 - 20Lost in Yonkers
Lost in Yonkers1991 - 21Jake's Women
Jake's Women1993 - 22Neil Simon's Proposals
Neil Simon's Proposals1998 - 23The Dinner Party
The Dinner Party2000