New York Times, 4 июня 1984.
People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new Mercedes?
Вариант: К людям с почётными званиями часто относятся с недоверием. Вы бы позволили почётному механику ремонтировать ваш новенький Мерседес?
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„Деньги могут дать немного счастья, но в какой-то момент они начинают давать просто больше денег.“
Интервью в Newsweek, 2 февраля 1970.
Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.
When its 100 degrees in New York, its 78 in Los Angeles. When its 10 degrees in New York, its 78 in Los Angeles. There are two million interesting people in New York. There are 78 in Los Angeles.
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“Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.”
Interviewed in Newsweek, (2 February 1970)
New York Times, June 4, 1984.
On receiving an honorary degree from Williams College
Mother, in Barefoot in the Park (1963); cited from The Collected Plays of Neil Simon (New York: New American Library, 1986) vol. 1, p. 207
“You're welcome to take a bath. You look like the second week of the garbage strike.”
Evy, in The Gingerbread Lady (1970); cited from The Collected Plays of Neil Simon (New York: Random House, 1971) vol. 2, p. 76
The Play Goes On (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999) p. 260
“And so she lived…hopefully…ever after.”
Sweet Charity (1966); cited from The Collected Plays of Neil Simon (New York: Random House, 1991) vol. 3, p. 113
“A writer without confidence is like a metaphor without something to compare itself to.”
Rewrites (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996) p. 105
“There are two million interesting people in New York and only seventy-eight in Los Angeles.”
Interviewed in Playboy (February 1979)
