You want to know how I think art should be taught to children? Take them to a museum and say, 'This is art, and you can't do it.
Steve MartinHow 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 MartinThe real joy is in constructing a sentence. But I see myself as an actor first because writing is what you do when you are ready and acting is what you do when someone else is ready.
Steve MartinI wish I could do a lot of things different. I'm not going to tell you what they are, but if I had a list of all my films right now, I'd go, 'Okay, I'll cross that one out and cross that one out and cross that one out and cross that one out.' Really. But I've made over 40 films. How can I not have some losers in there?
Steve Martin