An artist who is inspired is being obvious. He’s not making any decisions, he’s not weighing one idea against another. He’s accepting his first thoughts.

Trying to do better is trying to be better than you actually are, and I don't think you can do that.

If it weren't for fear, I wouldn't have to teach you a damn thing

I left my theatre the Loose Moose almost twenty years ago, and I hardly ever go back. Sometimes I go back to do a Mask class. They're doing more of this than I was doing when I left. Often it's the same improvisers but they're older. And now, they don't care if the theatre's full or not.

I'm not against work, I think work is great, I work a lot; but if you want to play, the consequences must not be important.

When you want to have entertainment, it must be a waste of time. I don't like that. I don't like improvisation being pointless.

The problem's always been to deal with the fear.Cos the fear is pretty . . . it ruins everybody really.