Steve Martin Quotes
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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 loved magic, and so I would practice my magic tricks in front of a mirror for hours and hours and hours because I was told that you must practice, you must practice and never present a trick before it's ready.
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I will do anything to look like him - except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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I didn't worry if a bit got no response, as long as I believed it had enough response to linger.
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The overhead lights reflect in the glass countertop and mingle in the gray and black of the gloves, resulting in a mother-of-pearl swirl that sometimes sends Mirabelle into a shallow hypnotic dream.
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I opened the show with this line: "I have decided to give the greatest performance of my life! Oh, wait, sorry, that's tomorrow night.
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Unlike Ray Porter, his love is fearless and without reservation.
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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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I cannot smell mothballs because it's so difficult to get their little legs apart.
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Lacy was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized.
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I don't think comic timing is the same as music timing, but I definitely find that I've learned from just writing in general that songs can be narrative without having a story.
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Any type of humor can be transferred to the screen, as long as there's clarity. The audience wants to know just what they're supposed to be feeling, when they're supposed to laugh.
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Writing is extremely personal, and that's the joy of it for me.
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As much as I remember, I just thought, I want to sing a song that starts normal and ends crazy.
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The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
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Stand-up life is really hard. At one point, I got so paralyzed I could write five screenplays before I could write three jokes for stand-up. Later, I've finally allowed myself to relax quite a bit, to think I can do it because I've done it in the past. The pressure to come up with the material is the same but the anxiety about whether I can do it is gone.
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When I was in college, I was debating to try my hand at show business, or to become a professor. I just thought of the risk of not going into show business and always wondering if I would've had a chance. Because that's where my real heart was.
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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 started a grease fire at McDonald's - threw a match in the cook's hair.
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There are few takers for the quiet heart.
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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 am a wild and crazy guy!
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It's very hard sometimes when you can't crack something or can't solve something and you keep trying and trying and you know it's falling a little bit short. That's very hard, but then when you finally do it, it's very rewarding and the process is good too, I like working with people this way.
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I'm a bitter, sad, sour young man who makes a career out of hastling people with real careers.