Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.
STEVE MARTINI just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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Thankfully, perseverance is a good 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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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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You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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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 have found that– just as in real life–imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
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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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Acting is collaborative because you are working with another actor, and it’s almost like a two-man juggling team. You have to really be in sync.
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No art comes from the conscious mind.
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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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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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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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I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
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The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
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When I die, now don’t think that I’m a nut, don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
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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 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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I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.
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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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The greatest thing you can do is surprise 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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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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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 could never be a woman, ’cause I’d just stay home and play with my breasts all day.
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