“I just believe that the interesting time in a career is pre-success, what shaped things, how did you get to this point.” BelieveInterestingCareersJust BelieveInteresting Times Author:Steve Martin
“I was not naturally talented. I didn't sing, dance or act, though working around that minor detail made me inventive.” InspirationalMadeDanceDetailsMinors Book:Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life Source: Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
“I'm for the Wall Street Occupiers. But will they accept me when they find out I sell packaged mortgage default instruments to children?” ChildrenAcceptingStreetsWallInstrumentsSellsMortgageDefaultAccept Me Author:Steve Martin
“In my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers, I do do comedy during that show. It'd be absurd just to stand there mute and play 25 banjo songs.” PlayShowsSongComedyAbsurdMuteRangersSteepCanyonsBanjos Author:Steve Martin
“You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.” WantArtBitsCrafts Author:Steve Martin
“I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.” YearsCoursesComedyFourFameTenSeekingComicHeroicFour YearsOriginalityStand Up ComedyRefining Author:Steve Martin
“That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding.” GivingTodayUnderstandingDecisionInformation Author:Edward Abbey
“Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.” HumansDifferentWalksRecordsDinosaurs Author:Steve Martin