Steve Martin Quotes

Predictability is boring! I want a book to take me someplace I haven't been before, show me sights I haven't seen, make me ponder questions I may not have pondered before.

If I can introduce someone to something new, as is constantly happening to me, then I am elated.

Well, you know, writers just suck up new experiences - we're just like the vacuum cleaners of newness.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

The part of the process that's exciting to me is feeling like I'm in a place I've never been before, in every way. Without that, I don't know if I'd be a writer.

I really look forward to that opportunity to be a student and discover things. That keeps it interesting for me. And I sometimes get easily bored, and there are still some things I wanna talk about instead of repeating something.

To some extent, I'm mildly surprised by every new piece, by the precise path that my interest takes.

Personally, I enjoy being able to see something that you haven't seen before.

Legendary innovators like Franklin, Snow, and Darwin all possess some common intellectual qualities—a certain quickness of mind, unbounded curiosity—but they also share one other defining attribute. They have a lot of hobbies.

I am always trying to do something new and different. The first step is curiosity, questions. You pay attention to what fascinates you. If you can't shake it, there is something there.

Without wonder, men and women would lapse into deadening routine and little by little would become incapable of a life which is genuinely personal.

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators.

I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

There's books that are about places we will never go, and then there's books that inspire us to go.

Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion.

My sincere hope is that 'The Da Vinci Code,' in addition to entertaining people, will serve as an open door to begin their own explorations.

The most important thing people did for me was to expose me to new things.

One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality.

I guess I have a short attention span! I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges.

I always try to keep the circumstances in my life fresh. I like to change the physical environment I live in, change the people around me and try to experience things for the first time. I think that keeps one on their toes, creatively and spiritually.

I like ideas. I find them more exciting than human behavior for the most part.

You are constantly looking for ways to do something you haven't done before, whether it's a particular role or doing theatre. As a person, I'm really open to experience.

I like to discover new things.