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.
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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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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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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Always do business as if the person you’re doing business with is trying to screw you, because he probably is. And if he’s not, you can be pleasantly surprised.
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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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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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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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It’s not the size of the nose that matters, it’s what’s inside that counts.
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There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won’t stand for that.
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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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I guess I wouldn’t believe in anything if it weren’t for my lucky astrology mood watch.
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I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language… Apache.
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You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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