Alan

“Thinking too much also creates the illusion of causal connections between unrelated events.”
― Steve Martin, The Pleasure of My Company

“I see other people crossing the street at the curb and I don't know how they can do it.”
― Steve Martin, The Pleasure of My Company

“My plan was to walk by on my side of the street and not look over her way. This, I felt, was a very clever masculine move: to meet and ultimately seduce through no contact at all. She would be made aware of me as a mysterious figure, someone with no need of her whatsoever. This is compelling to a woman.”
― Steve Martin, The Pleasure of My Company

“I guessed that one day the restrictions I imposed on myself would end. But first, it seemed that my range of possible activities would have to iris down to zero before I could turn myself around. Then, when I was static and immobile, I could weigh and measure every exterior force and, slowly and incrementally, once again allow the outside in. And that would be my life.”
― Steve Martin, The Pleasure of My Company