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!
STEVE MARTINNo art comes from the conscious mind.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
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I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
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Writer’s block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.
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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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Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
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I actually learned about sex watching neighborhood dogs. And it was good. Go ahead and laugh. I think the most important thing I learned was: Never let go of the girl’s leg, no matter how hard she tries to shake you off.
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Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.
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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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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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I could never be a woman, ’cause I’d just stay home and play with my breasts all day.
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It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.
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Some nights, alone, he thinks of her, and some nights, alone, she thinks of him. Some night these thoughts, separated by miles and time zones, occur at the same objective moment, and Ray and Mirabelle are connected without ever knowing it.
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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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