"A lot of your personality is formed before you're 12, obviously, but only a few of my plays use characters from my childhood. The more mature plays are affected only by my adult experiences."

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Neil Simon

#Character Quotes #Play Quotes #Childhood Quotes

“The cross was two pieces of dead wood; and a helpless, unresisting Man was nailed to it; yet it was mightier than the world, and triumphed, and will ever triumph over it.”
“I like to compare my method with that of painters centuries ago, proceeding from layer to layer.”
“But Harry . . . even if we had met and married three years ago, youâ€™d still say it wasnâ€™t enough time.â€ â€œYouâ€™re right. I canâ€™t think of a single day of my life that wouldnâ€™t have been improved with you in it.â€ â€œDarling,â€ she whispered, her fingertips coming up to stroke his jaw, â€œthatâ€™s lovely. Even more romantic than comparing me to watch parts.â€ Harry nipped at her finger. â€œAre you mocking me?â€ â€œNot at all,â€ Poppy said, smiling. â€œI know how you feel about gears and mechanisms.”
“If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.”
“I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful.”
“People love to say we get paid a lot of money to play a game, but it stopped being a game when you start getting paid.”

Source : Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. May 26, 2006.
“I started singing when I was a teenager. I always wanted to write songs; I just didn't understand how someone could sing without writing their own songs.”
“We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.”

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