Imagination is as effortless as perception, unless we think it might be ‘wrong’, which is what our education encourages us to believe.

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

Every theatre worth anything has somebody in the middle of it who is driving it; like Joan Littlewood with her theatre.

I don't even think you should tell the audience you're improvising. It's like an apology in case it's bad : 'we're just making it up' If the improv isn't better than the rehearsed stuff, then you should just rehearse it.

Most people I meet are secretly convinced that they’re a little crazier than the average person. People understand the energy necessary to maintain their own shields, but not the energy expended by other people. They understand that their own sanity is a performance, but when confronted by other people they confuse the person with the role.

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

In a normal education everything is designed to suppress spontaneity, but I wanted to develop it.