Good improvisers seem telepathic; everything looks pre-arranged, This is because they accept all offers made—which is something no ‘normal’ person would do.

I was crazy about silent comedy - in the old days, and crazy about Japanese movies.

Very hard to get an audience. So if you're going to fill the theatre, you can't just rely on old stuff.

Many 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.

There are people who prefer to say ‘Yes’, and there are people who prefer to say ‘No’. Those who say ‘Yes’ are rewarded by the adventures they have, and those who say ‘No’ are rewarded by the safety they attain.

Light entertainment means it mustn't teach you anything.

Every time you go the way the audience expects, they'll think you're original. People laugh with pleasure at the obvious.