N. F. Simpson Quotes

United Kingdom, Playwright
January 29, 1919 – August, 27, 2011.

Norman Frederick "N. F." Simpson (29 January 1919 – 27 August 2011) was an English playwright closely associated with the Theatre of the Absurd. To his friends he was known as Wally Simpson, in comic reference to the abdication crisis of 1936.

Reality is an illusion created by a lack of alcohol.

N. F. Simpson
- Reality
- Food
- Drinking
I eat merely to put food out of my mind.

N. F. Simpson
- Mind
- Food
- Cooking

Sanity is an illusion caused by alcohol deficiency.

N. F. Simpson
- Alcohol
- Illusion
- Sanity
Remember, to them it is us who are the enemy.

N. F. Simpson
- Remember
- Enemy
- Liberty
Each of us as he receives his private trouncings at the hands of fate is kept in good heart by hearing of the moth in his brother's parachute and the scorpion in his neighbor's underwear.

N. F. Simpson
- Good
- Heart
- Brother