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Steve Martin Quotes: "My problem is that I don't get the same exhiliration from success as I get depression from failure."

My problem is that I don't get the same exhiliration from success as I get depression from failure.



Steve Martin Quotes: "Nothing I do is done by popular demand."

Nothing I do is done by popular demand.




Steve Martin Quotes: "The presence of excessive wealth puts an unnatural spin on the appreciation of art."

The presence of excessive wealth puts an unnatural spin on the appreciation of art.



Steve Martin Quotes: "You can't make something beautiful by trying to make something beautiful. Something becomes beautiful in the process of trying to be something else."

You can't make something beautiful by trying to make something beautiful. Something becomes beautiful in the process of trying to be something else.




Steve Martin Quotes: "A remarkable memoir that's packed with anecdotes, advice and humor, all while maintaining a high level of dignity and self-awareness."

A remarkable memoir that's packed with anecdotes, advice and humor, all while maintaining a high level of dignity and self-awareness.



Steve Martin Quotes: "To me, torture would be, "I can't think what to write in the next sentence. I'm stuck." Torture would be if you didn't have the next idea."

To me, torture would be, "I can't think what to write in the next sentence. I'm stuck." Torture would be if you didn't have the next idea.



Steve Martin Quotes: "The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past."

The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past.




Steve Martin Quotes: "Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things."

Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things.



Steve Martin Quotes: "There are some people that will not pick up a phone and call you, but if you knock on a door and talk to them, they'll talk back to you."

There are some people that will not pick up a phone and call you, but if you knock on a door and talk to them, they'll talk back to you.



Steve Martin Quotes: "We've taken what was just once a racetrack and made it a multifaceted gaming destination for the entire region."

We've taken what was just once a racetrack and made it a multifaceted gaming destination for the entire region.



Steve Martin Quotes: "I happened to take a photo, and there was my wife, my dog and my banjo, all in the same shot - and I thought, "Oh, that's like a family portrait right there.""

I happened to take a photo, and there was my wife, my dog and my banjo, all in the same shot - and I thought, "Oh, that's like a family portrait right there."



Steve Martin Quotes: "I can understand the drug thing. So they feel that it's more important to take the drugs than to do a good show for the people."

I can understand the drug thing. So they feel that it's more important to take the drugs than to do a good show for the people.




Steve Martin Quotes: "I love doing my surreal sing-along that had words that no one could follow."

I love doing my surreal sing-along that had words that no one could follow.



Steve Martin Quotes: "I've decided to take up smoking, my doctor said I wasn't getting enough tar."

I've decided to take up smoking, my doctor said I wasn't getting enough tar.



Steve Martin Quotes: "Romance takes place when you first fall in love. It stirs all emotions and you can manipulate and be manipulated."

Romance takes place when you first fall in love. It stirs all emotions and you can manipulate and be manipulated.



Steve Martin Quotes: "To have someone play off and be with a band is more pleasurable."

To have someone play off and be with a band is more pleasurable.



Steve Martin Quotes: "What means the most to me changes through the years. There was a time when movies meant the most. But when I'm concentrating on a project, that's what means the most to me."

What means the most to me changes through the years. There was a time when movies meant the most. But when I'm concentrating on a project, that's what means the most to me.



Steve Martin Quotes: "I ignored my stand-up career for twenty-five years, but now, having finished this memoir, I view this time with surprising warmth. One can have, it turns out, an affection for the war years."

I ignored my stand-up career for twenty-five years, but now, having finished this memoir, I view this time with surprising warmth. One can have, it turns out, an affection for the war years.



Steve Martin Quotes: "Ah, yes. I remember my first beer."

Ah, yes. I remember my first beer.



Steve Martin Quotes: "Tweeting is really only good for one thing - it's just good for tweeting... It is rewarding, because it's just its own reward. It's sort of like heaven."

Tweeting is really only good for one thing - it's just good for tweeting... It is rewarding, because it's just its own reward. It's sort of like heaven.



Steve Martin Quotes: "I never had a movie that I wanted to do turned down in my whole life. I always write the script first so it speaks for itself."

I never had a movie that I wanted to do turned down in my whole life. I always write the script first so it speaks for itself.



Steve Martin Quotes: "The self-prepared dinner is a great time killer for lonely people and as much time should be spent on it as possible."

The self-prepared dinner is a great time killer for lonely people and as much time should be spent on it as possible.



Steve Martin Quotes: "When the person beside you is making you alert and keen and the idea of being with anyone else is not imaginable."

When the person beside you is making you alert and keen and the idea of being with anyone else is not imaginable.



Steve Martin Quotes: "So, I can hurt now, or hurt later."

So, I can hurt now, or hurt later.



Steve Martin Quotes: "How is it possible to miss a woman whom you kept at a distance, so that when she was gone you would not miss her?"

How is it possible to miss a woman whom you kept at a distance, so that when she was gone you would not miss her?



Steve Martin Quotes: "I've put an umbrella in my mouth and opened it. I sat in a lemon-meringue pie. I've done terrible things to my dog with a fork."

I've put an umbrella in my mouth and opened it. I sat in a lemon-meringue pie. I've done terrible things to my dog with a fork.



Steve Martin Quotes: "People come up to me and say "Steve, what is film editing?" And I say "How should I know? You're the director."

People come up to me and say "Steve, what is film editing?" And I say "How should I know? You're the director.



Steve Martin Quotes: "I was not self-destructive, though I almost destroyed myself. In the end, I turned away from stand-up with a tired swivel of my head..."

I was not self-destructive, though I almost destroyed myself. In the end, I turned away from stand-up with a tired swivel of my head...



Steve Martin Quotes: "Performing music is a way to do comedy, but without the obligation to do a solid hour, hour and half of a standup. I could intersperse it with music, so it became a really good format for me."

Performing music is a way to do comedy, but without the obligation to do a solid hour, hour and half of a standup. I could intersperse it with music, so it became a really good format for me.



Steve Martin Quotes: "I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers."

I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.



Steve Martin Quotes: "Deeply funny musings and adventures elevate Paul Rudnick to the highest level of American comedy writing."

Deeply funny musings and adventures elevate Paul Rudnick to the highest level of American comedy writing.



Steve Martin Quotes: "I did a lot of things when I first started out. In order to be in show business, I juggled, I did magic tricks, cards tricks and I played the banjo."

I did a lot of things when I first started out. In order to be in show business, I juggled, I did magic tricks, cards tricks and I played the banjo.



Steve Martin Quotes: "Working at the magic shop really gave me a sense of comedy because it was all jokes."

Working at the magic shop really gave me a sense of comedy because it was all jokes.



Steve Martin Quotes: "I'm trying to think of other ones. Oh, yeah, I'd say - somebody would buy something and we'd say, and because you are our hundredth customer today, you get a free paperback."

I'm trying to think of other ones. Oh, yeah, I'd say - somebody would buy something and we'd say, and because you are our hundredth customer today, you get a free paperback.



Steve Martin Quotes: "She was feeling her bohemian oats."

She was feeling her bohemian oats.



Steve Martin Quotes: "Whether I'm involved in creating something or not, it's a personal issue of do I respect it. But you can only know that five or ten years later."

Whether I'm involved in creating something or not, it's a personal issue of do I respect it. But you can only know that five or ten years later.



Steve Martin Quotes: "I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old."

I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old.



Steve Martin Quotes: "As much as I remember, I just thought, I want to sing a song that starts normal and ends crazy."

As much as I remember, I just thought, I want to sing a song that starts normal and ends crazy.



Steve Martin Quotes: "Writing is extremely personal, and that's the joy of it for me."

Writing is extremely personal, and that's the joy of it for me.



Steve Martin Quotes: "The teen years are extremely serious and everything matters and every insult really hurts. I know there are cliques and bullying. And you don't yet ­understand that it will all go away."

The teen years are extremely serious and everything matters and every insult really hurts. I know there are cliques and bullying. And you don't yet ­understand that it will all go away.



Steve Martin Quotes: "I love animated films when they are good, because they do bring a lot of emotion and heart that's very difficult to get in a live action film."

I love animated films when they are good, because they do bring a lot of emotion and heart that's very difficult to get in a live action film.



Steve Martin Quotes: "She has learned that her body is precious and it mustn't be offered carelessly ever again, as it holds a direct connection to her heart."

She has learned that her body is precious and it mustn't be offered carelessly ever again, as it holds a direct connection to her heart.



Steve Martin Quotes: "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."

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.



Steve Martin Quotes: "Unlike Ray Porter, his love is fearless and without reservation."

Unlike Ray Porter, his love is fearless and without reservation.



Steve Martin Quotes: "Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing is more of an accomplishment."

Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing is more of an accomplishment.



Steve Martin Quotes: "I find animated movies very touching. They reach an audience that's hard to get with a live-action film."

I find animated movies very touching. They reach an audience that's hard to get with a live-action film.



Steve Martin Quotes: "After one of my plays came out, I had mixed reviews, some bad and some good. One day, it dawned on me. I thought, 'I wrote a play and he wrote a review, and that's the difference between him and me.'"

After one of my plays came out, I had mixed reviews, some bad and some good. One day, it dawned on me. I thought, 'I wrote a play and he wrote a review, and that's the difference between him and me.'



Steve Martin Quotes: "Anyway, seeking work is a tad difficult given the poor design of the streets with their prohibitive curbs and driveways that don't quite line up."

Anyway, seeking work is a tad difficult given the poor design of the streets with their prohibitive curbs and driveways that don't quite line up.



Steve Martin Quotes: "I have no fear, no fear at all. I wake up, and I have no fear. I go to bed without fear. Fear, fear, fear, fear. Yes, 'fear' is a word that is not in my vocabulary."

I have no fear, no fear at all. I wake up, and I have no fear. I go to bed without fear. Fear, fear, fear, fear. Yes, 'fear' is a word that is not in my vocabulary.