Steve Martin Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.”

“You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.”

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

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

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

“I love comedy. That's what got me into the arts. I don't even know how to categorize myself anymore.”

“I'm enamored with the art world.”

“No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for myself' - nobody's doing it for themselves! You're doing it for an audience. So whether I'm performing or writing a book or playing music, it's definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely.”

“Everything is fraught with danger. I love technology and I love science. It's just always all in the way you use it. So there's no - you can't really blame anything on the technology. It's just the way people use it, and it always has been.”

“The thing about the banjo is, when you first hear it, it strikes many people as 'What's that?' There's something very compelling about it to certain people; that's the way I was; that's the way a lot of banjo players and people who love the banjo are.”