We all operate in two contrasting modes, which might be called open and closed. The open mode is more relaxed, more receptive, more exploratory, more democratic, more playful and more humorous. The closed mode is the tighter, more rigid, more hierarchical, more tunnel-visioned. Most people, unfortunately spend most of their time in the closed mode.
John CleeseBecause, as we all know, itโs easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent, like thinking. And itโs also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that weโre not so sure about.
John CleeseI think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get to places you'd never get on your own. It's like when God was designing the world and decided we couldn't have children without a partner; it was a way of mixing up the genes so you'd get a more interesting product.
John Cleese