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… — Keith Johnstone Copy Share Image
“Sanity is actually a pretence, a way we learn to behave. We keep this pretence up because we don't want to be rejected by other people - and being classified insane is to be shut out of the group in… — Keith Johnstone Copy Share Image
Suppose Mozart had tried to be original? It would have been like a man at the North Pole trying to walk north, and this… — Keith Johnstone Copy Share
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… — Keith Johnstone Copy Share
I was crazy about silent comedy - in the old days, and crazy about Japanese movies. — Keith Johnstone Copy Share
The problem's always been to deal with the fear.Cos the fear is pretty . . . it ruins everybody really. — Keith Johnstone Copy Share
None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public. — Keith Johnstone Copy Share
Wherever you go it's the same fear. And the same protective devices. There is one big error I think and partly my fault which… — Keith Johnstone Copy Share
Good improvisers seem telepathic; everything looks pre-arranged, This is because they accept all offers made—which is something no ‘normal’ person would do. — Keith Johnstone Copy Share
I left my theatre the Loose Moose almost twenty years ago, and I hardly ever go back. Sometimes I go back to do a… — Keith Johnstone Copy Share
There are people who prefer to say ‘Yes’, and there are people who prefer to say ‘No’. Those who say ‘Yes’ are rewarded by… — Keith Johnstone Copy Share
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… — Keith Johnstone Copy Share
You can sort of trick people into being really good. Even if they didn't know anything. — Keith Johnstone Copy Share
My feeling is the moment the theatre is not full you have to do something else. But most people somehow think 'If we did… — Keith Johnstone Copy Share
