Sudden money is going from zero to two h... by Neil Simon | We Heart Quotes

Comedy Money Rest Drama playwright

Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count.

- Neil Simon

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Present Fact Life People

You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy.

- Neil Simon

Art Life

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.

- Neil Simon

Day First

Nathan Lane always wanted to play Oscar. When he came in the first day, he already knew his lines. He said he'd known them since he was 18.

- Neil Simon

Marriage Care

Take care of him. And make him feel important. And if you can do that, you'll have a happy and wonderful marriage. Like two out of every ten couples.

- Neil Simon

Pain Life

If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.

- Neil Simon

New York is not Mecca. It just smells like it.

- Neil Simon

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