"It's so hard to believe in anything anymore. I mean, it's like, religion, you really can't take it seriously, because it seems so mythological, it see...

Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.
~ Steve Martin ~












Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.

More Steve Martin quotes
"Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.
"Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.
"I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.
"Boy, those French! They have a different word for everything.
"What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.
"I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A ga...
"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
"Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.
"I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
"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 believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.
"Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes.
"I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
"Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty.