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If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.
Neil Simon
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Neil Simon
Age: 91 †
Born: 1927
Born: July 4
Died: 2018
Died: August 26
Entrepreneur
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New York City
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I don't want to restrict the life of a play to a particular production. The original actors might leave after the first six months, and I want the play to last 30 or 40 years. You write for the character, not the actor on the stage.
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Standing on a ledge again. Everyone laughs at dancing monkey with the typewriter. Not for long, though.
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