If you have a good idea, open your mouth and say something else.

Truth is that the best ideas are often psychotic, obscene and unoriginal.

At school any spontaneous act was likely to get me into trouble. I learned never to act on impulse, and that whatever came into my mind first should be rejected in favour of better ideas. I learned that my imagination Wasn’t ‘good’ enough. I learned that the first idea was unsatisfactory because it was (1) psychotic; (2) obscene; (3) unoriginal. The truth is that the best ideas are often psychotic, obscene and unoriginal.

Light entertainment means it mustn't teach you anything.

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.

The improvisation had to be in public, because you only get value playing to strangers.