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.

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

I see a great lack of stories around. I bought six literary magazines and looked through them to see what people were doing. There wasn't a story in them. They were all about how poetic the feelings of the author were.

I tell people not to do their best. I don't know when that started. Quite a while ago. Because I . . . when they're doing their best I don't get their best. So I try to persuade them to be average. Because if you're wonderful and you're average, you're still wonderful. If you're a bad improviser and you're average, you're what you are.

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.

Enjoy things even when you’re screwing up.