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.
STEVE MARTINChaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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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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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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The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
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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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I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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I love money. I love everything about it.
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Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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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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I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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Acting has helped me understand people, not only because you are acting as a character, but also because you are watching other actors work. That really helps you identify in life when someone is acting, not being true.
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I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.
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Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
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