Steve Martin Quotes - Page 14

Art as an aesthetic principle was supported by thousands of years of discernment and psychic rewards, but art as a commodity was held up by air. The loss of confidence that affected banks and financial instruments was not affecting cherubs, cupids and flattened popes. The objects hadn't changed: what was there before was there after. But a vacancy was created with the clamoring crowds deserted and retrenched.

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.

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.'

Were they beautiful? We were all beautiful. We were in our twenties.

It was so sweet backstage, you should have seen it - The Teamsters were helping Michael Moore into the trunk of his limo.

Halle Berry is here, whose win last year broke down barriers for unbelievably hot women.

Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty.

I actually credit Twitter with fine-tuning some joke-writing skills. I still feel like I'm working at it.

To be with another woman, that is French. To be caught, that is American.

In my opening seconds, I would say, "It's great to be here," then move to several other spots on the stage and say, "No, it's great to be here!" I would move again: "No, it's great to be here!

So, while fitting in, she was like a wicked detail standing out against a placid background.

I thought if I had a Twitter feed and say I had a following of a 100,000, that means 100,000 of them would be interested in my book. It was logical, but it didn't turn out to be true. It turned out if I had a Twitter feed of a 100,000, four of them were interested in my book.

I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.

Mirabelle is attractive; it's just that she is never the first or second girl chosen.