You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
STEVE MARTINWriter’s block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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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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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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You have to get comfortable with your work, you really have to know what you’re doing, and it has to be almost boring to you to be able to do it well.
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It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.
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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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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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I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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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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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
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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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Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
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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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I was always very shy but as I get older I think, What am I being shy for? You just grow weary of your own hang-ups.
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