Background
- Born in
- New York City
- Educated at
- University of DenverNew York University Tisch School of the ArtsDeWitt Clinton High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Pulitzer Prize for Drama🏆 Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay🏆 Kennedy Center Honors🏆 Tony Award for Best Play🏆 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money."
"If you can go through life without ever experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet. And if you've gone through pain and think you know exactly why, you haven't examined all the options."
"Neil Simon strikes me less as the new Moliere than as a rattier Rattigan."
"A writer without confidence is like a metaphor without something to compare itself to."
"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."
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Timeline
1927
Born
Birth2018
Died
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