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.

-Neil Simon

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I Don't Want To Restrict The Life

Neil Simon

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.

Topic

Character

Writing

Years

[when You Write A Play] You Walk Into A Forest Without A Knife, Without A Compass. But . . . If You Have A Sense Of Geography, You Find That You're Clearing A Path And Getting To The Right Place.

Writing

Knives

Play