Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
STEVE MARTINDespite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: naïveté, that fabulous quality that keeps you from knowing just how unsuited you are for what you are about to do.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you’ll be a mile away and have his shoes.
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It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.
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All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
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I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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I have found that– just as in real life–imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
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Now let’s repeat the non-conformists’ oath: I promise to be different! I promise to be unique! I promise not to repeat things other people say! Good!
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First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
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Acting is collaborative because you are working with another actor, and it’s almost like a two-man juggling team. You have to really be in sync.
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You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
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It’s pain that changes our lives.
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It’s not the size of the nose that matters, it’s what’s inside that counts.
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I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.
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