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John CleeseBritish press think entirely in clichรฉs, and when they do come across creative work, they think that it must be based on something, because they don't realize that you can create things that aren't based on things.
John CleeseThere's nothing good on the television; let's burn a witch. It must have been terribly exciting to live in those times.
John CleeseWriting is the great skill, the creative skill. The acting is more an interpretative skill. And the thrill for me is the moment when I think of something. And then the challenge is how to get that funny idea to work in terms of the structure and that kind of thing, which is - and that's what I really love doing.
John Cleese