What are your thoughts on romantic love vs finding a compatible partner?
Steve Martin: Well, I know people who work both ways. But you know look, the question is, how many lovers do you have before you settle in? (small pause of silence) Four? (Laughter) One night we were going around the table it was not about romantic love it was about sex. But someone on the table suggested we share how many lovers we’ve had. And it came to one girl and she said four. And then another, I should say woman said six and then another said Fifty. (Clare laughs) And she said, I was in college and we were just, you know. So it’s everybody’s story, whether it’s one, two, three, ten, twenty or Magic Johnson. This story is about one of those episodes that gets a little out of control. I was rereading the book, because I had to read something from it, I’d forgotten half of it. And it says that Ray was about to enter into an addiction that he couldn’t break, meaning sex with Mirabelle because he found something in her that was beautiful. So this is a slice of somebody’s life; it’s s
