"Seriously, if you want to get inside the head of a stand-up comic, you could do a lot worse than reading Steve Martin's Born Standing Up, all about how he developed his career and his creativity as a comedian. Lots of what he talks about is relevant to anyone in the creative arts - you find yourself, your voice, your technique and then maybe luck calls."

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Source : Source: www.roland.co.uk

Al Murray

#Art Quotes #Reading Quotes #Creativity Quotes

“My father did think I should get interested in television. But I had very little interest in television and it wasn't something I wanted to do. I really never thought about going to work on big feature films in Hollywood. But when we made The Householder, Columbia Pictures bought it. Who would have ever imagined?”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Instead of going out, I'm trying to encourage people to have a memorable experience in their own home. We call it 'Delicioso Night In.' I invite the people I care about the most. Then, when I get a lot of people together, I like to have finger foods.”
“I want to improve my bunker, fairway and putting status because that's been my weakness over the last three years. If I can just focus on this, then everything else will come.”
“Ruby, I lied before. I would have run. â€”CG”
“I'm 18, I'm going to graduate high school in a few months.”
“My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint.”
“Wretched are those who are vindictive and spiteful.”
“How narrow our souls become when absorbed in any present good or ill! It is only the thought of the future that makes them great.”

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