Suppose Mozart had tried to be original? It would have been like a man at the North Pole trying to walk north, and this is true of all of the rest of us. Striving after originality takes you far away from your true self, and makes your work mediocre.
Keith JohnstoneMany teachers think of children as immature adults. It might lead to better and more 'respectful' teaching, if we thought of adults as atrophied children. Many 'well-adjusted' adults are bitter, uncreative, frightened, unimaginative, and rather hostile people. Instead of assuming they were born that way, or that that's what being an adult entails, we might consider them as people damaged by their education and upbringing.
Keith JohnstoneThe problem's always been to deal with the fear.Cos the fear is pretty . . . it ruins everybody really.
Keith JohnstoneEvery time you go the way the audience expects, they'll think you're original. People laugh with pleasure at the obvious.
Keith Johnstone