Having few interests to sustain her, over the next few years she fell into a vacant, mental decline. - Steve Martin

The banjo is such a happy instrument — you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.

You kill me and I'll see that you never work in this town again.

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 was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.