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Neil Simon
..I never write a play with an eye to film. And I don't like losing the words, as you have to, when I'm asked to turn a play into a movie. It's not a matter of ego . . . I'm just better able to create the character for an audience through words rather than through actions. I much prefer writing an original movie with the screen in mind to transferring a play to the screen.
Neil Simon, 1999

Source edit

  • Staff (October 1999). "Simon says: At work and at play with Neil Simon". BookPage. ProMotion, inc. Retrieved 2008-01-09.