107 Quotes by Neil Simon

There’s no such thing as a sure thing. That’s why they call it gambling.

I understand. You work very hard two days a week and you need a five-day weekend. That’s normal.

Talent is the gift plus the passion – a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it.

When its 100 degrees in New York, it’s 72 in Los Angeles. When its 30 degrees in New York, in Los Angeles it’s still 72. However, there are 6 million interesting people in New York, and only 72 in Los Angeles.

It’s always painful when you’re writing memoirs because you’ve got to go through the dark places, but it gives you a chance to find out the person you really are, not the person you thought you were.

It looks different when you’re sober; I thought I had twice as much furniture.

Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It’s almost a form of meditation- an investigation of my own life.

He’s too nervous to kill himself. He wears his seat belt in a drive-in movie.

Once you start compromising your thoughts, you’re a candidate for mediocrity.