No art comes from the conscious mind.
STEVE MARTINThere’s no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
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I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
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There’s no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.
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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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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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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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Despite 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.
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I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.
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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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With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you have no idea if it’s going to work. And then you get the response. It’s great when it’s good.
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Don’t have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.
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